Lee Krasner

(American, 1908–1984)

Lee Krasner was a renowned American Abstract Expressionist painter. Along with her husband Jackson Pollock and peers Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Arshille Gorky, she helped establish a wholly new painterly language. Krasner’s work fluctuated between mosaic-like shapes and representational images, never comfortable with keeping the same aesthetic for very long. “I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes,” she once remarked. Krasner merged the tonal aspects of Cubism with the bright colors of Fauvism, as well as addressing the contemporary avant-garde. The subject of her work was mainly introspective, and dealt with understanding the individual within both modern society and the natural world. Born Lena Krassner on October 27, 1908 in Brooklyn, NY to Russian-Jewish immigrants, she went on to attend the Women’s Art School of Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League of New York, and classes with Hans Hofmann. Today, Krasner’s works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others. Krasner died on June 19, 1984 in New York, NY at the age of 75.

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Lee Krasner (340 results)
Embrace, from The Superlative U.S. Olympic..., 1976

Lee Krasner

Embrace, from The Superlative U.S. Olympic..., 1976

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Embrace, 1974

Lee Krasner

Embrace, 1974

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Signed Exhibition Poster., 1973

Lee Krasner

Signed Exhibition Poster., 1973

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Untitled (from Peace Portfolio I), 1970

Lee Krasner

Untitled (from Peace Portfolio I), 1970

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Untitled., 1970

Lee Krasner

Untitled., 1970

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Free Space, 1975, 1975

Lee Krasner

Free Space, 1975, 1975

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Vigil | 《守夜》, 1960

Lee Krasner

Vigil | 《守夜》, 1960

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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Earth No. 6, 1969

Lee Krasner

Earth No. 6, 1969

Sale Date: November 12, 2021

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Untitled, from Peace Portfolio I, 1970

Lee Krasner

Untitled, from Peace Portfolio I, 1970

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Gold Stone, from Primary Series, 1969

Lee Krasner

Gold Stone, from Primary Series, 1969

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Long Lines for Lee Krasner : one print, 1970

Lee Krasner

Long Lines for Lee Krasner : one print, 1970

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Untitled (Still life), 1938

Lee Krasner

Untitled (Still life), 1938

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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Primary Series: Blue Stone (Landau 531), 1969, 1969

Lee Krasner

Primary Series: Blue Stone (Landau 531), 1969, 1969

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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Primary Series: Gold Stone, 1969

Lee Krasner

Primary Series: Gold Stone, 1969

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Untitled, 1962

Lee Krasner

Untitled, 1962

Sale Date: May 13, 2021

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FREE SPACE, 1975

Lee Krasner

FREE SPACE, 1975

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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Free Space, 1975

Lee Krasner

Free Space, 1975

Sale Date: November 20, 2020

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Primary Series: Blue Stone, 1969

Lee Krasner

Primary Series: Blue Stone, 1969

Sale Date: November 20, 2020

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Special Blue, 1969

Lee Krasner

Special Blue, 1969

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Special Gold, 1969

Lee Krasner

Special Gold, 1969

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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CAMOUFLAGE, 1963

Lee Krasner

CAMOUFLAGE, 1963

Sale Date: October 28, 2020

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Primary Series: Blue Stone, 1969

Lee Krasner

Primary Series: Blue Stone, 1969

Sale Date: September 29, 2020

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Free Space, 1975

Lee Krasner

Free Space, 1975

Sale Date: August 19, 2020

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Embrace for the Olympics, 1974–1976

Lee Krasner

Embrace for the Olympics, 1974–1976

Sale Date: July 14, 2020

Auction Closed

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