Lee Krasner
Subtitle: a biography
By: Gail Levin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780061845253; 9780061845277; 9780062017796
Subjects: Painters; ART / History / General; Painters' spouses; Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-533) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond the pale: a Brooklyn childhood, 1908-21; title: Breaking away: determined to be an artist, 1922-25; title: Art school: Cooper union, 1926-28; title: National Academy and first love, 1928-32; title: Enduring the great depression, 1932-36; title: From politics to modernism, 1936-39; title: Solace in abstraction, 1940-41; title: A new attachment: life with Pollock, 1942-43; title: Copying with Peggy Guggenheim, 1943-45; title: Coming together: marriage and springs, 1945-47; title: Triumphs and challenges, 1948-50; title: First solo show, 1951-52; title: Coming apart, 1953-56; title: Dual identities: artist and widow, 1956-59; title: A new alliance, 1959-64; title: Recognition, 1965-69; title: The feminist decade, 1970-79; title: Retrospective, 1980-84.