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Celebration

1960
(American, 1908–1984)
America
oil on canvas
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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2003.227
© The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: 227 Abstract Expressionism
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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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