The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Primary Series Blue Stone

Primary Series Blue Stone

1969
(American, 1908–1984)
America, 20th century
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.)
Gift of Mrs. Louis E. Emsheimer in memory of her husband 1997.238
© The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view

Description

The Abstract Expressionists made art intuitively. Their works record the instinctive gestures of the arm as it moves across a canvas or sheet of paper. These dynamic, all-over compositions tend to create a shallow pictorial depth and lack a central focal point, so that the viewer's gaze is continually traveling around the entire composition. These fluid, energetic images have a startling immediacy and seem to expand beyond the edge of the support in all directions. Lee Krasner, married to Jackson Pollock, was at the forefront of these developments.
  • From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
  • {{cite web|title=Primary Series Blue Stone|url=false|author=Lee Krasner|year=1969|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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