Research Catalog

Title

Lee Krasner : the umber paintings 1959-1962.

Author

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984.

Publication

• [New York] : Paul Kasmin Gallery, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Anfam, David.
• Paul Kasmin Gallery.

Description

121 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 31 cm

Summary

Painted between 1959 and 1962, Krasner's Umber Paintings were realized during one of the artist's most ambitious periods of creative production following the sudden and tragic loss of her husband, Jackson Pollock. During this time of newfound solitude, Krasner moved into Pollock's studio at their home in the Springs, East Hampton, which enabled her to experiment on large canvases for the first time. In addition to the increase in scale, this period was also characterized by a further commitment to 'allover' compositions, an emphasis on gesturality and an engagement with the individual psyche. These fiercely composed abstract forms, with their explosive brushwork and a refined, nuanced palette of umber, cream and white, convey a distinctive rawness and intensity that was unprecedented in her oeuvre. The paintings remain lauded as the artist's most psychologically evocative works. Paul Kasmin Gallery's exhibition The Umber Paintings ran November 9, 2017, to January 13, 2018, bringing together five works from the series at 293 Tenth Ave, New York.--Kasmin website.

Alternative Title

Umber paintings 1959-1962

Subjects

• Painters
• Painters > United States > Exhibitions
• Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984 > Exhibitions
• United States
• Exhibition catalogs

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalogue raisonné of the 'Umber paintings' series, published to coincide with Paul Kasmin Gallery's exhibition held 9 November 2017 - 13 January 2018 in New York.
• Includes essay by David Anfam, and 2 interviews with the artist.
• An exhibition by the same title was held at Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 5 - 30 Jan. 1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119).

Call Number

(C.R.) MCX K89 19-155

ISBN

• 9781947232037
• 1947232037

OCLC

1041797516

Author

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984.

Title

Lee Krasner : the umber paintings 1959-1962.

Publisher

[New York] : Paul Kasmin Gallery, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119).

Local Note

Catalogues Raisonnés Collection (NYPL, Art & Architecture).

Added Author

Anfam, David.

Paul Kasmin Gallery.

Research Call Number

(C.R.) MCX K89 19-155