Lee Krasner

The Guardian

1960

Chaotic brown and black brushstrokes forming overlapping distorted faces and hands in an abstract composition.
Chaotic brown and black brushstrokes forming overlapping distorted faces and hands in an abstract composition.

Lee Krasner, The Guardian, 1960. Oil and house paint on canvas, overall: 53 1/8 × 58 1/8 in. (134.9 × 147.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc. 60.61. © The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1960

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil and house paint on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 53 1/8 × 58 1/8 in. (134.9 × 147.6 cm)

Accession number
60.61

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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