Stephen Bayley

The slasher with the knife

Lee Krasner, married to Jackson Pollock, liked to ‘slash the canvas like a vengeful yenta’. But who was the better painter?

issue 18 May 2019

  • Lee Krasner: A Biography

    Gail Levin

    Thames & Hudson, pp. 546

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