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Artists›Lee Krasner

Lee Krasner

1908–1984

WA-00016994

PaintingAbstract ExpressionismExpressionism

Representation

None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ237959

MoMA

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

LocationWikidata + Gallery Generic· 80%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (5)

Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/lee-krasner
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/lee-krasner
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/lee-krasner
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3240
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Abstract Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

WattsOS

Free Space

1975 · color lithograph

Sheet: 49.5 x 66 cm (19 1/2 x 26 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

Primary Series Blue Stone

1969 · color lithograph

Image: 57 x 76.3 cm (22 7/16 x 30 1/16 in.); Sheet: 57 x 76.3 cm (22 7/16 x 30 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Unused preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings

1967 · Gouache on acetate

sheet (.a): 14 x 10 15/16" (35.5 x 27.8 cm); sheet (.b): 13 15/16 x 10 15/16" (35.4 x 27.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings

1967 · Gouache on two sheets of acetate

sheet (each): 13 15/16 x 10 7/8" (35.4 x 27.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folios 99 verso and 100 recto) from In Memory of My Feelings

1967 · One from an illustrated book with forty-six lithographs

composition (irreg.): 11 15/16 x 18" (30.4 x 45.7cm); page (two-page spread): 11 15/16 x 17 15/16" (30.4 x 45.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gaea

1966 · Oil on canvas

69" x 10' 5 1/2" (175.3 x 318.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1964 · Felt-tip pen, pastel, and acrylic on paper

22 1/4 x 30 3/8" (56.5 x 77.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Civet

1962 · Lithograph on off-white wove paper

Image: 49 × 93.8 cm (19 5/16 × 36 15/16 in.); Sheet: 56.4 × 75.6 cm (22 1/4 × 29 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Obsidian

1962 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 15 x 19 1/4" (38.1 x 48.9 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 x 29 15/16" (56.1 x 76 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gothic Landscape

1961 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1768 x 2378 mm frame: 1784 x 2391 x 52 mm

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.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

The Seasons

1957 · Oil and house paint on canvas

Overall: 92 3/4 × 203 7/8 in. (235.6 × 517.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

April

1957 · Oil on canvas

174 × 148 cm (68 1/2 × 58 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Black and White

1953 · Oil paint, gouache, and cut and torn painted paper, with adhesive residue on cream laid paper

76.6 × 57.1 cm (30 3/16 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Number 3 (Untitled)

1951 · Oil on canvas

6' 10 1/2" x 57 7/8" (209.5 x 146.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1949 · Oil on board

48 x 37" (121.9 x 93.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

White Squares

1948 · Enamel and oil on canvas

Overall: 24 1/16 × 30 1/8 in. (61.1 × 76.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

WattsOS

Untitled

1947 · Oil and enamel on linen

Overall: 24 3/8 × 30 1/4 in. (61.9 × 76.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Seated Nude

1940 · Charcoal on paper

25 x 18 7/8" (63.5 x 48.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life

1938 · Oil on paper

19 x 25" (48.4 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

20 published of 30 catalogued · 24 with image

MoMA
10 publishedof 20 catalogued20 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Whitney
3 published
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Free Space
1975 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Primary Series Blue Stone
1969 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Celebration
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Gothic Landscape
1961 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Artsy

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Movements2

Abstract Expressionism Expressionism

Collections5

Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

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Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

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Christie's

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