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Author Appelhof, Ruth Ann, author.

Title Lee and me : an intimate portrait of Lee Krasner / Ruth Appelhof.

Publication Info. Milan, Italy : Officina Libraria, [2020]

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 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  B KRASNER    Check Shelf
Description 240 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, plates ; 25 cm
Summary Lee Krasner is one of the major women artists of the 20th century. This memoir is full of first hand material based on interviews with Krasner and with her friends, fellow artists, gallerists, and curators. Often seen in her role as Pollock's companion and then widow, Krasner made important contributions to the development of American Abstract Expressionism. Angry, outrageous, defiant, and courageous are some of the words that describe the American Abstract Expressionist artist Lee Krasner (1908-1984) - the subject of this very personal memoir inspired by Ruth Appelhof's 1974 summer with her in East Hampton, Long Island. Best remembered by many as Jackson Pollock's widow, she is regarded more by 'art-world insiders' as the producer of a major body of work that influenced the evolution of contemporary art - in particular, that made by women in the 20th and 21st centuries. As a scholar and a friend, Appelhof re-examines Krasner's contributions in light of the intellectual and emotional experiences that she so candidly shared with her in weeks of interviews. In addition, Appelhof explores Lee Krasner's relationships with others - friends, art-world luminaries, artists, and other 'summer sitters' allowed into her private sanctuary - through interviews. Those recollections will offer a window into the artist's intense and idiosyncratic personal life as well as into her contributions through the groundbreaking work she produced over the course of more than six decades.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984 -- Friends and associates.
Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984.
Appelhof, Ruth Ann.
Abstract expressionism.
Women painters.
Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984. (OCoLC)fst01434948
Abstract expressionism. (OCoLC)fst00794746
Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
Women painters. (OCoLC)fst01178251
ISBN 8833670163 (hardcover)
9788833670164 (hardcover)
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