LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

94.02 in. (238.80 cm.) (height) by 160.24 in. (407.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 60

Exhibited:

New York, Howard Wise Gallery, New Work by Lee Krasner, March 1962. London, Whitechapel Art Gallery; York, City Art Gallery; Hull, Ferens Art Gallery; Nottingham, Victoria Street Gallery; Manchester, City Art Gallery; Cardiff, Arts Council Gallery, Lee Krasner, Paintings, Drawings, and Collages, September 1965 - October 1966, cat. no. 42. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Lee Krasner: Large Paintings, November 1973 - January 1974, cat. no. 7, p. 24, illustrated. New York, The Pace Gallery, Lee Krasner Paintings 1959 - 1962, February - March 1979, illustrated. Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art; Norfolk, Chrysler Museum; Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, Lee Krasner: The Education of an Artist, November 1983 - October 1984, fig. 118, p. 123, illustrated in color. New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Umber Paintings 1959-1962, January 1993, cat. no. 3, fig. 16, illustrated in color

Literature:

Cindy Nemser, "A Conversation with Lee Krasner," Arts Magazine, April 1973, p. 47. Cindy Nemser, Art Talk: Conversations with 12 Women Artists, New York, 1975, p. 111, illustrated. Barbara Cavaliere, "Lee Krasner," Arts Magazine, 1979, p. 24. Patricia C. Johnson, "The First Major Look at Lee Krasner's Life Work," Houston Chronicle, Nov. 6, 1983, p. 20. Kathleen Paradiso, "Lee Krasner: A Retrospective," Women's Art News, Spring 1985, p. 10. David A. Lauer, Design Basics, New York, 1990. Exh. Cat., New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Lee Krasner Collages, 1986. Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945 - 1986, December 1986 - January 1988, p. 46. Exh. Cat., New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Lee Krasner Paintings from 1965 - 1970, 1991. Michael Kimmelman, "Art in Review: Lee Krasner 'Umber Paintings 1959 - 1962,'" New York Times, Jan. 15, 1993, p. C22. John Ash, "Lee Krasner," Artforum, May 1993, p. 103. Robert Hobbs, Lee Krasner, New York, 1993, fig. 64, p. 77, illustrated in color. Anne M. Wagner, "Fictions: Krasner's Presence, Pollock's Absence," Significant Others: Creativity and Intimate Partnership, London, 1993, p. 237, illustrated. Ellen G. Landau, Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1995, cat. no. 354, p. 189, illustrated in color

Provenance:

Howard Wise Gallery, New York. The Pace Gallery, New York. Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above