Authors: Gail Levin
The author wishes to acknowledge the use of the unpublished papers from:
The Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (and online):
Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock papers
Harold Rosenberg and May Tabak Rosenberg Papers
The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles:
Clement Greenberg papers (950085)
Harold Rosenberg papers (980048)
Museum of Modern Art, New York:
Archives
New York Public Library, New York:
Jeff Kisseloff papers
Yaddo Colony papers
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, New York:
Lee Krasner papers
Frequently Cited Abbreviations
AAA: American Abstract Artists (in text)
AAA: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (in notes)
Author: Gail Levin
CG: Clement Greenberg
EDACA: Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, New York, NY
Getty: Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
JPCR: Francis V. O'Connor and Eugene V. Thaw,
Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné
(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1978), 4 vols.
JP: Jackson Pollock
LK: Lee Krasner
LKCR: Ellen G. Landau,
Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné
(New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995)
LKP: Lee Krasner Papers
MS.: Manuscript
MoMA: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Morgan: The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY
ND: Not dated
NP: Not paginated
NYPL: New York Public Library
NYT:
New York Times
PKF: Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
PKHSC: Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, Stony Brook Foundation, SUNY
WPA: Works Progress Administration
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Other abbreviations given in left column below:
Interviews with Krasner,
as Published in Articles or Books or Unpublished, Chronologically Arranged
(AAA Means That These Clippings Were Saved by Krasner
and Are in Her Papers on Microfilm)
1950-Roueché LK & JP to Berton Roueché, “Talk of the Town: Unframed Space,”
The New Yorker,
August 5, 1950, 16.
1958-Time “Mrs. Jackson Pollock,”
Time,
March 17, 1958, 64.
1960-Rago LK to Louise Elliott Rago, “We Interview Lee Krasner,”
School Arts,
60, September 1960, 32.
1961-Tenke LK quoted in Lois Tenke, “Pollock's Widow Paints in His Old Studio,”
Newsday,
August 28, 1961, 37.
1963-Barker LK to Walter Barker, “Art Community on Long Island,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
September 15, 1963, LK papers, AAA, reel 3776, frame 1038.
1964-Seckler LK to Dorothy Seckler, Interview of November 2, 1964, AAA.
1965-Forge Lee Krasner to Andrew Forge, interview of 1965, AAA, reel, 3774.
1965-Rosenberg Harold Rosenberg, “The Art Establishment,”
Esquire,
January 1965.
1966-Mooradian Lee Krasner to Karlen Mooradian, interview of May 6, 1966, published in Karlen Mooradian,
The Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky
(Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1980).
1966-Rose LK to Barbara Rose, interview of July 31, 1966, AAA.
1967-du Plessix Krasner quoted in interview by Francine du Plessix and Cleve Gray, “Who Was Jackson Pollock?”
Art in America,
MayâJune 1967, 51.
1967-Flora LK quoted in Doris P. Flora, “Artist Would be âBack-Tracking,'”
Tuscaloosa News,
02-15-1967, AAA, LK papers, roll 3776, frame 1050.
1967-Glaser Lee Krasner to Bruce Glaser, interview for Art Forum # 1, AAA, undated, 1967.
1967-Nation Pat Nation, “The Artist Is Leading a Double Life,
Los Angeles Times,
fall 1967, AAA, Krasner papers, reel 1048.
1967-Parsons Lee Krasner interviewed by Anne Bowen Parsons, AAA.
1967-Seckler LK to Dorothy Seckler, interview of 12-14-1967, AAA.
1968-Campbell Lawrence Campbell, “Of Lilith and Lettuce,”
Art News
, March 1968, 62.
1968-Glueck LK to Grace Glueck, “Art Notes: And Mr. Kenneth Does Her Hair,”
New York Times,
March 17, 1968, D34.
1968-Wasserman-1 LK to Emily Wasserman, Interview of 1-9-68, LKP, AAA.
1968-Wasserman-2 Lee Krasner to Emily Wasserman, quoted in “Lee Krasner in Mid-Career,”
Artforum,
March 1968, 43.
1970-Monroe Gerald Monroe interview with Lee Krasner Pollock, notes from taped interview of 5-23-1970.
1972-Gruen LK quoted from 1969 interview in John Gruen,
The Party's Over Now
(New York: The Viking Press, 1972), 232â33.
1972-Holmes LK to Dorothy Holmes, Interview, 1972, AAA.
1972-Rose-1 LK to Barbara Rose, interview of March 1972, AAA, roll 3774.
1972-Rose-2 Lee Krasner to Barbara Rose, “American Great: Lee Krasner,”
Vogue,
June 1972, 121, 154.
1973-Barkas Lee Krasner to Janet Barkas, “Who's Who in East Hampton, Part I: Artists,”
Paumanok,
vol. 1, no. 2, July 1973, 35.
1973-Freed LK to Hermine Freed, videotaped interview, 1973, PKHSC.
1973-Gratz Roberta Brandes Gratz, “Daily Closeup: After Pollock,”
New York Post,
December 6, 1973, LKP, AAA, roll 3776.
1973-Nemser Lee Krasner to Cindy Nemser, “A Conversation with Lee Krasner,”
Arts Magazine,
April 1973, 44.
1973-Smith LK to Betty Smith, interview of 11-3-1973 in New York City, PKHSC.
1973-Wallach-1 Amei Wallach, “21/60 = A Grandad of a Show,”
Newsweek,
July 22, 1973.
1973-Wallach-2 Lee Krasner quoted in Amei Wallach, “Lee Krasner, Angry Artist,”
Newsday,
November 12, 1973, 4A.
1974-Hutchinson LK quoted by Bill Hutchinson, “Lee Krasner's an Artist, Too,”
Miami Herald
, March 13, 1974, C4.
1975-Nemser-1 Cindy Nemser.
Art Talk
:
Conversations with 12 Women Artists
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975).
1975-Nemser-2 LK to Cindy Nemser, “The Indomitable Lee Krasner,”
Feminist Art Journal
, Spring 1975, IV, 6.
1976-Glueck LK quoted in Grace Glueck, “Art People,”
New York Times,
June 18, 1976, AAA, reel 3776, frame 1165.
1976-Newsday LK quoted in “The Tops and Flops,”
Newsday,
December 26, 1976, AAA, reel 3776, frame 1170.
1977-Diamonstein-1 LK to Barbaralee Diamonstein, interview transcript dated 1978 but took place in 1977, LKP, AAA, roll 3774; in Barbaralee Diamonstein, ed.,
Inside New York's Art World
(New York: Rizzoli, 1980).
1977-Bourdon LK to David Bourdon, “Lee Krasner: I'm Embracing the Past,”
Village Voice,
March 7, 1977.
1977-Glueck-1 LK to Grace Glueck, “Art People: How to Recycle Your Drawings,”
New York Times,
February 25, 1977, AAA, reel 3776, frame 1179.
1977-Glueck-2 LK to Grace Glueck, “The 20th Century Artist Most Admired by Other Artists,”
Art News,
November 1977.
1977-Ratcliff LK to Carter Ratcliff, Interview of 8-7-1977,
Art in America,
SeptemberâOctober 1977.
1977-Rodgers LK to Gaby Rodgers, interview of 1977, AAA, roll 3774; published as “She Has Been There Once or Twice; A Talk with Lee Krasner,”
Women Artists Newsletter,
December 1977, 3.
1977-Rose-1 Barbara Rose, outtakes for “Lee Krasner: The Long View,” film, 1978, based on interviews in August 29, 1977, by Gail Levin and others during 1977.
1977-Tallmer Jerry Tallmer, “Scissors, Paste & Bits of Survival,”
New York Post,
February 1977, AAA, reel 3776, frame 1175-B.
1977-Wallach Lee Krasner to Amei Wallach, “Lee Krasner's Collages May Finally Put Mrs. Jackson Pollock in the Shade,”
Newsday,
February 20, 1977, reel 3776, frame 1177.
1978-Cavaliere LK to Barbara Cavaliere, interview of c. 1978, AAA, reel 3774.
1978-Glueck Grace Glueck, “Art People,”
New York Times,
November 24, 1978.
1978-Howard LK to Richard Howard, “A Conversation with Lee Krasner,” 1978, in
Lee Krasner Paintings 1959â1962,
The Pace Gallery, 1979, reprinted in
Lee Krasner: Umber Paintings 1959â1962
(New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1993), n.p.
1978-Rose-1 LK to Barbara Rose, in “Pollock's Studio: Interview with Lee Krasner,” in Barbara Rose, ed.,
Pollock Painting
(New York: Agrinde Publications Ltd., 1978).
1978-Rose-2 Barbara Rose,
Lee Krasner: The Long View
, film, American Federation of the Arts, 1978.
1979-Cavaliere Krasner to Barbara Cavaliere in “Lee Krasner: A Meeting of Past and Present,”
SoHo Weekly News
, February 1â7, 1979, 41.
1979-Munro Eleanor Munro,
Originals: American Women Artists
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979).
1979-Novak LK to Barbara Novak, unpublished WGBH-TV, interview, 1979, LKP, AAA.
1980-Bennett LK quoted in Evelyn Bennett, “Homage to a Famous Husband: Lee Krasner: An Artist in Her Own Right,”
Bridgehampton Sun,
August 20, 1980, LKP, AAA, roll 3776, frames 1298â99.
1980-Braff LK to Phyllis Braff, “From the Studio,”
East Hampton Star
, 8-21-1980.
1980-Cavaliere LK in Barbara Cavaliere, “An Interview with Lee Krasner,”
Flash Art
, Jan/Feb. 1980, 12.
1980-Portfolio Lee Krasner in
Portfolio,
vol. II, no. 1, February/March 1980, special issue, “Women Artists on Women in Art,” 68â69.
1980-Taylor LK quoted in Robert Taylor, “Lee Krasner: Artist in Her Own Right,”
The Boston Globe,
May 18, 1980, C1.
1981-Delatiner LK to Barbara Delatiner, “Lee Krasner: Beyond Pollock,”
New York Times,
August 9, 1981.
1981-Glueck-1 Lee Krasner quoted in Grace Glueck, “Art Talk,”
New York Times,
November 6, 1981, C22.
1981-Glueck-2 LK to Grace Glueck, “Scenes from a Marriage: Krasner and Pollock,”
Art News,
December 1981, 60.
1981-Langer LK interviewed by Cassandra (Sandra L.) Langer, transcript of lost tape of March 1981, recorded in part by Ann Eden Gibson and provided to the author with the cooperation of Langer.
1981-Tallmer Jerry Tallmer, “Krasner's Season in the Sun,”
New York Post
, April 4, 1981, 17, AAA, roll 3776, frame 1330.
1981-Wallach LK quoted in Amei Wallach, “Lee Krasner: Out of Jackson Pollock's Shadow,”
Newsday,
1981, 12, LK Papers, AAA, reel 3776.
1983-Hoffner Lee Krasner to Marilyn Hoffner of The Cooper Union, letter of May 16, 1983, AAA, reel 3773, frame 1344.
1983-Johnson Lee Krasner quoted in Patricia C. Johnson,
Houston Chronicle,
November 3, 1983, section 4, 1.
1983-Kernan LK quoted by Michael Kernan, “Out of Pollock's Shadow: Her Life & Art Seen Whole at Last,”
Washington Post,
October 23, 1983, L1, L2.
1983-Liss LK to Joseph Liss, “Memories of Bonac Painters,”
East Hampton Star,
Summer 1983, LKP, AAA, roll 3777.
1984-Cannell Lee Krasner to Michael Cannell, “An Interview with Lee Krasner,”
Arts Magazine,
vol. 59, September 1984.
1984-Kernan Michael Kernan, “Lee Krasner, Shining in the Shadow,”
Washington Post
, June 21, 1984, B9.
1984-Myers LK to John Bernard Myers, “Naming Pictures: Conversations between Lee Krasner and John Bernard Myers,”
Artforum
, vol. 23, no. 3, November 1984.
Testimony from Others: Interviews Not by the Author,
Published and Unpublished Memoirs
1957-Pollock Interview with Selden Rodman, spring 1956. In Rodman,
Conversations with Artists
(New York: Devin-Adair, 1957).
1960-Gibbs David Gibbs to Clement Greenberg, letter of 5-6-1960, copy sent to LK by Gibbs, Collection PKHSC.
1963-Friedman, S-1 Sanford Friedman to David Gibbs, letter of 1-22-1963, Collection PKHSC.
1963-Friedman, S-2 Sanford Friedman to David Gibbs, 2-3-1963, PKHSC.
1963-Friedman, S-3 Sanford Friedman for LK to David Gibbs, 2-20-1963, PKHSC.
1963-Spivak Max Spivak to Harlan Phillips, 1963, AAA.
1964-Gorelick Boris Gorelick to Betty Hoag, interview of 5-20-1964, AAA.
1964-Holty Carl Holty interviewed by William Agee, December 8, 1964, AAA.
1964-Trubach Serge Trubach interview, 12-5-1964, AAA.
1965-Block Irving Block to Betty Hoag, interview of 4-16-1965, AAA.
1965-Newman Barnett Newman interview with Neil A. Levine, “The New York School Question,”
Art News,
vol. 64, no. 5, September 1965, reprinted in John P. O'Neill,
Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990), 262â63.
1965-Vogel Joseph Vogel to Betty Hoag, interview of January 5, 1965, AAA.
1966-Greenberg Clement Greenberg to Karlen Mooradian, unpublished taped interview, 1966, at the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America.
1967-de Kooning Willem de Kooning to Anne B. Parsons, interview of 1967, AAA.
1967-Greene Balcomb Greene to Anne B. Parsons, interview of 9-5-1967, AAA.
1967-Kadish Reuben Kadish to Anne B. Parsons, interview of 1967, AAA.
1967-McNeil George McNeil to Anne B. Parsons, interview of 11-14-1967, AAA.
1968-Bultman Fritz Bultman to Irving Sandler, interview of 1-6-1968, AAA.
1968-McNeil George McNeil to Irving Sandler, interviews of 1-9-1968 and 5-21-1968, AAA.
1968-Ossorio Alfonso Ossorio to Forrest Selvig, New York, November 19, 1968, AAA.
1970-Rosenberg Harold Rosenberg to Paul Cummings, interviews of 12-17-1970 and 6-30-1971, AAA.
1970-Spivak Max Spivak to Gerald Monroe interview of 3-11-70, notes from taped interview.
1971-Groh History/reminiscence by Alan Groh, 1971, unpublished ms., AAA, Reel 5823.
1971-Motherwell Robert Motherwell interviews with Paul Cummings, November 24, 1971âMay 1, 1974, AAA.
1972-Ashton Dore Ashton,
The Life and Times of the New York School
(London: Adams & Dart, 1972).
1979-Hartigan Grace Hartigan interview with Julie Haefley of May 10, 1979, AAA.
1980-Ossorio Alfonso Ossorio interviewed by Judith Wolfe in
Alfonso Ossorio, 1940â1980,
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, N.Y., 1980.
1982-Bolotowsky Ilya Bolotowsky, “Adventures with Bolotowsky,”
Archives of American Art Journal,
vol. 22, no. 1 (1982), 16.
1982-Bunce Louis Bunce to Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Portland Oregon, December 3, 9, 13, 1982, AAA.
1982-Johnson Buffie Johnson to Barbara Shikler, interview of November 13, 1982, AAA.
1982-Klein Ralph Klein to Jeffrey Potter, 5-18-1982, recorded interview, PKHSC.
1984-Jonas Robert Jonas to Judith Wolfe, interview of 11-13-1984.
1984-Little John Little, “Remembering Lee Krasner,”
East Hampton Star
, 7-12-1984, II-1.
1987-Kamrowski Gerome Kamrowski to Martica Sawin, interview of November 1987, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1990-Greenberg Clement Greenberg to Florence Rubenfeld, transcript of interview, 2-16-1990, CG Papers, The Getty Research Institute.
1998-Gaines Steven Gaines,
Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons
(New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1998).
1998-Matter Mercedes Carles Matter, transcript of audiocassette, “Remembering Pollock: A Dialogue of His Friends,” Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., November 17, 1998, Kirk Varndoe, moderator.
2001-Freas Jean Freas interview with Michael Brenson, December 11, 2001.
ND-Kadish Reuben Kadish interviewed by Jeff Kisseloff, NYPL.
ND-Tabak-1 May Tabak (Rosenberg), “Lee and Igor,” unpublished, n.d, ms., AAA.
ND-Tabak-2 May Tabak (Rosenberg), “Art Project,” unpublished, n.d., ms, AAA.
ND-Tabak-3 May Tabak (Rosenberg), “Cops,” unpublished, n.d., ms., AAA.
ND-Tabak-4 May Tabak (Rosenberg), “One-Liners,” unpublished, n.d., ms., AAA.
ND-Hofmann Hofmann left an undated essay, “Toward the True Vision of Reality,” Hans Hofmann papers, AAA, box 7, roll 5808.
ND-Pantuhoff, Sr. Oleg Ivanovich Pantuhoff, Sr.
Of Time Gone By
, a memoir, translation from original written in Russian.
ND-Southgate Patsy Southgate, “Notes on Lee,” unpublished memoir, n.d., PKHSC. Susan Larsen, “An Interview with George L. K. Morris.”