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Lee Krasner : a biography / Gail Levin.

by Levin, Gail, 1948-

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William Morrow, c2011.

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984.

Painters -- United States -- Biography.

Painters' spouses -- United States -- Biography.

9780061845253 (hardback)

0061845256 (hardback)

9780061845277 (trade paperback)

0061845272 (trade paperback)

xii, 546 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

"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.

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