| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 546 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some colored) ; 24 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdamedia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-533) and index. |
| Contents |
Beyond the pale: a Brooklyn childhood, 1908-21 -- Breaking away: determined to be an artist, 1922-25 -- Art school: Cooper union, 1926-28 -- National Academy and first love, 1928-32 -- Enduring the great depression, 1932-36 -- From politics to modernism, 1936-39 -- Solace in abstraction, 1940-41 -- A new attachment: life with Pollock, 1942-43 -- Copying with Peggy Guggenheim, 1943-45 -- Coming together: marriage and springs, 1945-47 -- Triumphs and challenges, 1948-50 -- First solo show, 1951-52 -- Coming apart, 1953-56 -- Dual identities: artist and widow, 1956-59 -- A new alliance, 1959-64 -- Recognition, 1965-69 -- The feminist decade, 1970-79 -- Retrospective, 1980-84. |
| Summary |
"Lee Krasner, best known as Jackson Pollock's wife, reveals a woman who was a firebrand and trailblazer for women's rights, who also led a fascinating life, and who is finally now being recognized as one of the 20th century's modernist masters"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984.
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Painters -- United States -- Biography.
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Painters' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780061845277 (trade paperback) |
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9780061845253 (hardback) |
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0061845256 (hardback) |
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0061845272 (trade paperback) |
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9780062017796 (large print) |
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0062017799 (large print) |
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9780062017796 (large print) |
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