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Author Levin, Gail, 1948-

Title Lee Krasner : a biography / Gail Levin.

Imprint New York, NY : William Morrow, [2011], 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  759.13 K864Bl 2011    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description xii, 546 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some colored) ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
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.
Painters -- United States -- Biography.
Painters' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780061845277 (trade paperback)
9780061845253 (hardback)
0061845256 (hardback)
0061845272 (trade paperback)
9780062017796 (large print)
0062017799 (large print)
9780062017796 (large print)

 
    
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