Eleanor Nairne
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
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. 0Over the course of more than five decades, Krasner continually scrutinized and reinvented her practice, giving her work formidable energy and impact. Her...
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Lee Krasner, a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, has been one of the few female artists to be given a retrspective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This volume features a selection of the artist's most important paintings, collages, and works on paper; essays on her life and art by Eleanor Nairne, Katy Siegel, John Yau, and Suzanne Hudson, an interview with her biographer Gail Levin; and a fully illustrated chronology. From back cover.