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Celebration

1960
(American, 1908–1984)
Framed: 238.1 x 471.8 x 8.3 cm (93 3/4 x 185 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.); Unframed: 234.3 x 468.6 cm (92 1/4 x 184 1/2 in.)
© The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Krasner repurposed this large canvas when she painted over an earlier composition that dissatisfied her.

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After the death of her husband Jackson Pollock, Krasner took over his studio located in a barn on their property. With this expansion of studio space, she began creating large-scale paintings like Celebration,using expansive gestures to express her feelings on canvas.
An oil painting with energetic brush strokes in colors of black, red, orange, green, and white. The brush strokes overlap in both flowy and jagged motions.

Celebration

1960

Lee Krasner

(American, 1908–1984)
America

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  • Collection
    American Painting
  • Department
    American Painting and Sculpture
  • Medium
    Oil on canvas
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