Beschreibung
As new condition black boards, black spine, and silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Gail Levin; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by George Eliot; Introduction; Acknowledgments; A Note About Sources; Selected Bibliography: Frequently Used Sources; Notes and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates, a section of color photographic plates, plus additional black-and-white photographs interspersed throughout. Signed and inscribed by the author with thin black ink on the full title page. "Gail Levin's biography of Lee Krasner beautifully evokes a period in American art that laid the groundwork for the women artists of today. Lee, who was my mother's close friend in art school (the National Academy of Design), not only contributed wonderful work but also encouraged a whole new generation of artists. She grew into true generativity. Bless her and her biographer!" - Erica Jong. "In Lee Krasner: A Biography, Gail Levin presents Krasner as a smart, dynamic, and sexy woman focused on making art while experiencing the life of a New York arttist during the exciting years of the mid-twentieth century. Scrupulously researched, Levin's gripping biography seamlessly weaves together the voices of Krasner herself and of other artists and critics. Levin's gift for lucid formal analyses and her historian's skill for placing Krasner's art within this historical context make for a compelling read." - Patricia Hills, author. "At Gail Levin's bidding, the armor-plated Widow Pollock steps aside to reveal the complicated, gifted, vulnerable, and fascinating woman behind the legend. Rigorous research, deep knowledge of art and cultural history, penetrating analysis, and a flair for storytelling bring to life a fully formed Lee Krasner. Those who never knew her will wish they had, and those who did will be amazed." - Helen A. Harrison, director, Pollock-Drasner House and Study Center. "Lee Krasner is best known as the artist-wife of Jackson Pollock, the renowned abstract expressionist painter. Yet in this riveting new biography, the first full-length account of her colorful life, distinguished art historian Gail Levin challenges previous portrayals of Krasner, and shows that she was an independent and resourceful woman of uncompromising talent and prodigious energy. Krasner emerges as a significant artist who deserves her place in the twentieth century's cultural lexicon and artistic pantheon. The daughter of Jewish immigrants newly arrived from Russia, Krasner grew up impoverished in Brooklyn. With no support or role model, she began to make her own way during the late 1920s and early 1930s as a talented, outspoken artist and political progressive. Krasner's contemporaries, who took notice of her remarkable sex appeal, drive, and ambition, were either captivated or threatened, but they all found her memorable. During the Great Depression, she supported herself painting murals for the WPA, was called a Trotskyite for speaking out at the Artists Union, and got arrested for demonstrating on behalf of workers' rights. In 1936 Krasner first encountered an intoxicated Jackson Pollock at an Artists Union dance. They met again by chance when both were about to be featured in the same group show in 1942, and soon they were a couple, marrying three years later. To nurture Pollock and his talent, Krasner gave up her life in the city, where she had socialized easily with fellow artists such as Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, and Piet Mondrian. Once they moved to Long Island's rural East End, Krasner and Pollock became the center of a new avant-garde community. In this captivating book, Gail Levin probes Krasner's relationship with Pollock, examining how this strong woman struggled to meet the challenges of their poverty, as well as her husband's alcoholism and extramarital affairs." -excerpt from the jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007321
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: Lee Krasner: A Biography [SIGNED]
Verlag: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: Kerner, Jamie Lynn (book design)
Zustand: As New
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New
Signiert: Signed by Author(s)
Auflage: 1st Edition
