Imagine this: no matter how hard you work, people consistently compare your success to your spouse’s. That’s the struggle Lee Krasner faced throughout her entire career.
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📷 Lee Krasner shot by Irving Penn, Springs, New York, 1972, ©THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION
📷 Lee Krasner, ca. 1938. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
📷 Wilfrid Meynell Zogbaum. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, circa 1949. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
🖼 Lee Krasner, “Imperative,” 1976, oil, charcoal and paper on canvas, 50 x 50 in., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw, National Gallery of Art, DC
📷 Harry Bowden. Lee Krasner, ca. 1949. Harry Bowden papers, 1922-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
🖼 Lee Krasner, “Cobalt Night,” 1962, oil on canvas, 93 x 161 in., Gift of Lila Acheson Walla...