Episode 6: A Phoenix From the Ashes

Explicit content warning

06/21/24 • 24 min

2 Listeners

1956. New York City. After Pollock’s death, Krasner balances her new role as executor of his estate and her ambitions to continue making art.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1956. New York City. After Pollock’s death, Krasner balances her new role as executor of his estate and her ambitions to continue making art.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Previous Episode

Episode 5: The Kiss of Death

1955. Upper West Side. Jackson Pollock seeks help from a psychotherapist practicing controversial methods.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next Episode

Bonus: Krasner's Way with Eleanor Nairne

Katy speaks with Eleanor Nairne, who first introduced her to Lee Kranser’s work. Back in 2019, Nairne exhibited a groundbreaking retrospective of Lee Krasner’s work while she was senior curator at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. Today she is the Keith L. and Catherine Sacks Curator and Head of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In this episode, a dive into Krasner’s artistic career.

Artwork Discussed:

Joan Miro Constellations (1940-41)

Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)

Earth Green (1957)

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Death of an Artist - Episode 6: A Phoenix From the Ashes

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:15.538

Pushkin. After Jackson died, Lee was in the hot seat.

Speaker 100:00:28.778

She became Jackson's sole heir and the executor of his estate.

Speaker 100:00:34.219

This meant she was now responsible for Jackson's entire legacy and the value of his work. And so around the autumn of nineteen fifty six, Lee went to meet a guy called Sydney Janis, Jackson's art dealer. Janis was sixty years