Lee Krasner: Charcoals

Charcoal Studies presents a series of figurative charcoals made by Lee Krasner (1908-84) from 1937 to 1940 under the tutelage of Hans Hofmann that would become seminal to the artist's career.

In 1977, Krasner demonstrated the relevance of these charcoal works in a brilliant late series of collage paintings in which she repurposed a large number of her Hofmann School drawings. Fortunately, Krasner did not destroy all the drawings. Fifty of these are included in her 1995 catalogue raisonné; another portfolio with 20 more (including four previously unknown still lifes) has recently come to light.

Charcoals includes the never-before-published works as well as updated research and text to serve as a complete listing of all surviving Hofmann School charcoal sketches and as a definitive reference on this pivotal period within Krasner's oeuvre.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Krasner
• Publisher: Paul Kasmin Gallery
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781947232105
• ISBN: 978-1-947232-10-5
• No. of pages: 75
• Dimensions: 239 mm x 283 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 538 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; einzelne Künstler, Künstlermonografien, ART / History / General, Art & Art Instruction, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs