A key figure of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s, Krasner continued to experiment in abstract styles throughout her career. Rising Green manifests the painter’s longstanding interest in nature-based imagery, its leaflike forms suggesting powerful vegetation. In Springs, near East Hampton, Long Island, she pursued a painterly engagement with nature on a large scale, working in the spacious converted barn used previously by her late husband Jackson Pollock, who died in 1956. The verdant shapes here are thrown into relief against a stark white ground, which, in turn, asserts its own role in the composition. The work’s elongated, arabesque forms recall the work of Henri Matisse, especially his late collages.
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Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right, green paint): LK '72; signed, dated and inscribed (verso, on stretcher): Lee Krasner. 1970 82" x 69" "Rising Green"
[Marlborough Gallery, New York, probably until 1973; probably sold in 1973 to Thaw]; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw, New York (probably 1973–83; their gift to MMA)
New York. Marlborough Gallery, Inc. "Lee Krasner: Recent Paintings," April 21–May 12, 1973, no. 7.
East Hampton, N. Y. Guild Hall. "Twenty-One Over Sixty," July 21–August 12, 1973, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Twentieth Century Acquisitions," September 15–November 1983, no catalogue.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Lee Krasner: A Retrospective," November 28, 1983–January 8, 1984, unnumbered cat. (fig. 150).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Lee Krasner: A Retrospective," February 9–April 1, 1984, unnumbered cat.
Norfolk, Va. Chrysler Museum of Art. "Lee Krasner: A Retrospective," April 26–June 17, 1984, unnumbered cat.
Phoenix Art Museum. "Lee Krasner: A Retrospective," August 23–October 7, 1984, unnumbered cat.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Lee Krasner: A Retrospective," December 19, 1984–February 2, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Staller Center Art Gallery, State University of New York at Stony Brook. "Lee Krasner: Paintings 1956–1984," June 24–September 10, 1988, no. 12.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Lee Krasner," October 10, 1999–January 2, 2000, no. 86.
Des Moines Art Center. "Lee Krasner," February 26–May 21, 2000, no. 86.
Akron Art Museum. "Lee Krasner," June 10–August 27, 2000, no. 86.
Brooklyn Museum of Art. "Lee Krasner," October 6, 2000–January 7, 2001, no. 86.
Roslyn Harbor, N. Y. Nassau County Museum of Art. "Long Island Light," August 21–November 6, 2005.
Cindy Nemser. "A Conversation with Lee Krasner." Arts Magazine 47 (April 1973), p. 48.
Phyllis Dersner. "New York Letter." Art International 17 (September 1973), ill. p. 41.
Bryan Robertson. "The Nature of Lee Krasner." Art in America 61 (November 1973), ill. (cover, color detail).
Robert Henkes. Eight American Women Painters. New York, 1977, pp. 46–47.
Barbara Rose. Lee Krasner: A Retrospective. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. New York, 1983, p. 145, fig. 150 (color).
Robert Hughes. "Bursting Out of the Shadows." Time (November 14, 1983), p. 93.
Amei Wallach. "Krasner on View: A Rage to Paint." Newsday (November 13, 1983), p. 20.
Grace Glueck. "The Met Makes Room for the 20th Century." New York Times (September 18, 1983), p. H30.
Lisa M. Messinger in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1983–1984. New York, 1984, pp. 94–95, ill. (color).
William Wilson. "A Talent is Recognized." L.A.Times (March 4, 1984), p. 86, ill.
Ray Mathew. "Lee Krasner: A Record on Canvas." Art/World (January 15–February 15, 1985), p. 2.
Eugene Victor Thaw. "The Abstract Expressionists." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 44 (Winter 1986–87), p. 49, fig. 46 (color).
Helen A. Harrison. "Lee Krasner Emerges." New York Times (August 7, 1988), p. 20.
Stephen Polcari. Lee Krasner and Abstract Expressionism. Stony Brook, 1988, p. 6.
Stephen Polcari. "In the Shadow of an Innovator." Art International (August 1990), p. 107.
L.C. "Un duo dans l'orage." L'Express (Art et Culture) (December 1, 1990), unpaginated, ill.
Stephen Polcari. Abstract Expressionism and the Modern Experience. Cambridge, 1991, p. 336, describes this work as "among the finest American painting in recent years".
Robert Hobbs. Lee Krasner. New York, 1993, p. 87, fig. 79 and back cover (color).
Ellen G. Landau. Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York, 1995, p. 269, no. 546, ill. (color).
Cindy Nemser. Art Talk: Conversations with 15 Women Artists. Rev. and enl. ed. (1st ed., 1975). New York, 1995, p. 92.
Gail Levin. Lee Krasner: A Biography. New York, 2011, p. 396.
Jessica Freeman-Attwood inLee Krasner: Living Colour. Exh. cat., Barbican Art Gallery. London, 2019, p. 215, fig. 27 (color).
Lee Krasner (American, Brooklyn, New York 1908–1984 New York)
1948
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