Lee Krasner

Living Colour

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A new monograph on the life and work of an outstanding abstract expressionist painter, now emerging as one of the most important women artists of the 20th century

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This richly illustrated monograph throws light on the work and life of Lee Krasner, a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, whose importance as an artist has often been overshadowed by her marriage to Jackson Pollock. In 1984 Krasner became one of the few female artists to be given a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acknowledging her belated recognition, she quipped: ‘I was a woman, Jewish, a widow, a damn good painter, thank you, and a little too independent.’ Lee Krasner features a selection of the artist’s most important paintings, collages and works on paper; essays by Eleanor Nairne, Katy Siegel, John Yau and Suzanne Hudson; a previously unpublished interview with her biographer, Gail Levin; and a fully illustrated chronology, offering a powerful reassessment of one of the leading figures of 20th-century American art.
Extent: 240 pp
Format: hardback
Illustrations: 214
Publication date: 2019-05-30
Size: 28.0 x 22.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500094082
Foreword • Introduction by Eleanor Nairne • Essay by Katy Siegel • Essay by John Yau • Essay by Suzanne Hudson • Becoming Lee • Life Drawing • War Service Windows • Little Images • Stable Gallery • Prophecy • Night Journeys • Primary Series • Palingenesis • Eleven Ways • Interview – Lee Krasner with Gail Levin • Illustrated Chronology
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Exhilarating and thorough
Literary Review

If you want a one-volume guide to Lee Krasner’s work, this is it
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About the Author

Eleanor Nairne is Head of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She was Senior Curator at Barbican Art Gallery, London, where her exhibitions included ‘Alice Neel: Hot off the Griddle’ (2023), ‘Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty’ (2021), ‘Lee Krasner: Living Colour’ (2019) and ‘Basquiat: Boom for Real’ (2017).

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