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Blue Stone

Lee Krasner (AKA Lenore Krasner; Lena Krasner), American, (October 27, 1908–June 19, 1984)

Creation date: 1969

Creation place: United States

Other Information

Type: Lithograph

Medium and Support: Lithograph

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Sanford Robertson

Accession Number: 1979.34.1

Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 30 1/16 in. (57.15 x 76.36 cm)

Currently on view

Provenance

Sanford Robertson, San Mateo, California ( - January 25, 1980)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (January 25, 1980 - )

Label Copy

October 18, 2914
Anita Feldman, Deputy Director of Collections and Exhibitons
Lee Krasner
American • 1908–1984
Blue Stone Gold Stone Pink Stone
Lithographs • 1969
Educated at the Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design, and Hans Hofmann’s School of Fine Arts, Krasner embraced abstract art and exhibited with the group American Abstract Artists which included Josef Albers, Willem de Kooning, David Smith, and Jackson Pollock, whom she later married. Her association with Pollock stifled her own artistic expression for a time, but soon she developed her own mature style as an Abstract Expressionist of great power and range. Blue Stone, Gold Stone and Pink Stone are three works in Krasner’s Primary Series printed in an edition of 100. Its dynamic composition reflects the gestures of the artist as she spattered and dripped tusche (greasy liquid) on the lithographic stone, leading the viewer’s eye to every corner of the sheet.
Gift of Mr. Sanford Robertson
1979.34.1–3
Last Updated: 10/20/2014

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Of Earth and Sky: Elements in Abstraction , 5/5/2003 - 11/5/2003

Newman in Context , 6/29/2013 - 9/8/2013

American Visions: Place and Identity The San Diego Museum of Art , 10/18/2014 - 3/17/2015