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Her work over 50 years suggests perpetual, restless reinvention, encompassing portraits, Cubist drawings, collage, assemblage, and large-scale abstract painting. A pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, she was also one of the key crusaders for Jackson Pollock ’s legacy.
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Sep 6, 2023 · Lee Krasner: Collage Paintings 1938–1981 is p resented in collaboration with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, on view at 509 West 27th Street from March 11 through April 24, 2021, and accompanied by a fully-illustrated, hardcover catalogue. Featuring several masterpieces from the 1955 debut of Krasner’s collage paintings at the Stable ...
Krasner would often cut apart her own drawings and paintings to create collages and, at times, revised or discarded an entire series. As a result, her surviving body of work is relatively small. Her catalogue raisonné, published in 1995 by Abrams, lists only 599 known pieces.
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- October 27, 1908
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- June 19, 1984
Emerging from the first generation of Abstract Expressionist painters, Krasner committed to a six-decade persistent exploration of novel approaches to painting and collage.
Krasner is identified as an abstract expressionist due to her abstract, gestural, and expressive works in painting, collage painting, charcoal drawing, and occasionally mosaics. She would often cut apart her own drawings and paintings to create her collage paintings.
Feb 25, 2020 · Lee Krasner: Collage Paintings 1938–1981. Text by Siri Hustvedt and Saskia Flower. Painting, drawing and collage coexist in Krasner's dramatic compositions. This fully illustrated catalog features several masterpieces from the 1955 debut of Lee Krasner’s (1908–84) collage paintings at the Stable Gallery, as well as significant works from ...