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Lee Krasner living colour /

This monograph accompanies the first European retrospective of the work of Lee Krasner (1908-1984). One of the original abstract expressionists, Krasner's importance has for too long been eclipsed by her marriage to Jackson Pollock. In fact, his death in 1956 marked her renaissance as an artist...

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Main Author: Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984,
Other Authors: Nairne, Eleanor,, Siegel, Katy,, Yau, John, 1950-, Hudson, Suzanne Perling, 1977-, Levin, Gail, 1948-, Thames and Hudson,, Barbican Art Gallery,, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt,, Zentrum Paul Klee,, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Thames & Hudson : Barbican, 2019.
Physical Description: 239 pages : chiefly color illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 29 cm.
Subjects:
Krasner, Lee, -- 1908-1984 -- Exhibitions.
Krasner, Lee, -- 1908-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Krasner, Lee, -- 1908-1984 -- Themes, motives.
Krasner, Lee, -- 1908-1984 -- Interviews.
Abstract expressionism -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Painting, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Abstract -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Jewish women artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Table of Contents:
  • To breathe and be alive /
  • Eleanor Nairne
  • Nothing outside nature /
  • Katy Siegel
  • Writing Rimbaud on the wall /
  • John Yau
  • Present conditional /
  • Suzanne Hudson
  • Becoming Lee
  • Life drawing
  • War service windows
  • Little images
  • Stable gallery
  • Prophecy
  • Night journeys
  • Primary series
  • Palingenesis
  • Eleven ways
  • Reflections /
  • Gail Levin
  • Chronology /
  • Jessica Freeman-Attwood.

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