Lee Krasner : A biography / Gail Levin.

Levin, Gail, 1948- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0061845256
ISBN: 9780061845253
Physical Description: xii, 546 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : WILLIAM MORROW, 2011.
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.