April by Lee Krasner
Art Institute of Chicago

April

Lee Krasner · 1957

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; sold through Marlborough Gallery, New York, to Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston, by Dec. 12, 1975 [invoice; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York, July 1987 [this and the following email from Vivian Horan Fine Art; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to private collection, Short Hills, NJ, January, 1988; sold through Olney Gleason, New York, to Kenneth C. Griffin, Chicago, Dec. 2, 2025 [bill of sale; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 31, 2025.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Lee Krasner, Recent Paintings, Feb. 24–Mar. 22, 1958, cat. 7.
  • East Hampton, NY, Signa Gallery, Lee Krasner, Paintings 1947-59, July 24–Aug. 20, 1959, no cat.
  • London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Lee Krasner, Paintings, Drawings, and Collages, Sept. 22–Oct. 31, 1965, cat. 28; York, City Art Gallery, Apr. 30–May 21, 1966; Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, May 28–June 18, 1966; Nottingham, Victoria Street Gallery, June 28–July 16, 1966; Manchester, City Art Gallery, Aug. 20–Sept. 10, 1966; Cardiff, Arts Council Gallery Sept. 17–Oct. 8, 1966.
  • Miami-Dade Community College, Lee Krasner, Selections from 1946-1972, Mar. 4–21, 1974, cat. 2; Glenside, PA, Beaver College, Apr. 3–12, 1974; Charleston, SC, Gibbes Art Gallery, June 16–July 14, 1974.
  • Tyler, TX, Tyler Museum of Art, American Abstract Expressionist Paintings from the collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Nov. 6–Dec. 12, 1976, no cat. no.; Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Art Museum, Jan. 9–Feb. 13, 1977; Beaumont, TX, Beaumont Art Museum, Feb. 26 –Apr. 17, 1977; San Antonio, TX, Witte Memorial Museum, Apr. 26-Aug. 28, 1977; Amarillo, TX, Amarillo Art Center (now the Amarillo Museum of Art), Sept. 7 –Oct. 16, 1977; Wichita Falls, TX, Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Oct. 26–Nov. 27, 1977; El Paso, TX, El Paso Museum of Art, Dec. 8, 1977–Jan. 29, 1978; Corpus Christi, TX, Art Museum of South Texas, Feb. 9–Apr. 23, 1978; Abilene, TX, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Apr. 20–June 14, 1978; San Angelo, TX, Angelo State University, June 19– July 14, 1978; Lubbock, TX, Museum of Texas Tech, Sept. 3–Oct. 16, 1978; Midland, TX, Museum of the Southwest, Oct. 24–Dec. 3, 1978; Temple, TX, Cultural Activities Center, Dec. 8, 1978–Feb. 5, 1979; Austin, TX, The University of Texas at Austin, Feb. 11–Apr. 1, 1979; Waco, TX, VENUE, Apr. 13–May 27, 1979; Denton, TX, North Texas State University, Sept. 10–Oct. 3, 1979; College Station, TX, Texas A&M University, Oct. 9–Nov. 18, 1979; San Antonio, TX; Brownsville Art League Museum, Feb.–Mar. 30, 1980; Snyder, TX, Scurry County Museum, Jan. 5–Feb. 11, 1981; Arlington, TX, The University of Texas at Arlington, Feb. 13–Mar. 13, 1981; Irving, TX, University of Dallas, Sept. 6–26, 1981; Nacogdoches, TX, Stephen F. Austin State University, Oct. 2–29, 1981; Abilene, TX, Abilene Christian University, Nov. 4–27, 1981; Evansville, IN, Evansville Museum of Arts & Science, Dec. 13, 1981–Jan. 17, 1982; San Diego, CA, The San Diego Museum of Art, DATES 1982; Akron, OH, Akron Art Institute, Mar. 27–May 22 1982; Lawrence, KS, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Oct. 11–Dec. 26, 1982; Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Feb. 5–Mar. 20, 1983; San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Museum of Art, TX, July 10–Oct. 2, 1983; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Art Center, Nov. 30, 1984–Jan. 20, 1985; Evanston, IL, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, July 5–Oct. 6, 1985; Madison, WI, Madison Art Center, Feb. 2–Mar. 23, 1986; Corpus Christi, TX, Corpus Christi State University, TX, Apr. 11–May 9, 1986; Sacramento, CA, Crocker Art Gallery, July 1–Aug. 31, 1986; Little Rock, AR, Arkansas Arts Center, (now the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts), June 19–Aug. 2, 1987.
  • Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Lee Krasner: A Retrospective, Oct. 27, 1983–Jan. 8, 1984, no cat. no.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Feb. 9–Apr. 1, 1984; Norfolk, VA, Chrysler Museum, Apr. 26–June 18, 1984; Phoenix Art Museum, Aug. 23–Oct. 7, 1984; New York, Museum of Modern Art, Dec. 20, 1984 –Feb. 12, 1985.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lee Krasner, Oct. 10, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000, pl. 67; Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 26-May 21, 2000; Akron, OH, Akron Art Museum, June 10-Aug. 27, 2000; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Oct. 6, 2000-Jan. 7, 2001.

Literature

Published references

  • Martha Jackson Gallery, Lee Krasner, Recent Paintings, exh. cat. (New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1958), n.p., cat. 7.
  • B. H Friedman, Lee Krasner: Paintings, Drawings and Collages, exh. cat (London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1965), 22, cat. 28.
  • Miami-Dade Community College, Lee Krasner, Selections from 1946-1972, exh. checklist (Miami: Miami-Dade Community College, 1974), n.p., cat. 2.
  • Griffin Smith, “Lee Krasner—A Re-evaluation at Last,” Miami Herald, March 17, 1974, 10G.
  • Barbara Rose, Lee Krasner: A Retrospective, exh. cat. (Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1983), 101, fig. 98 (ill.), 104, fig. 98.
  • Amei Wallach, "Krasner on View: A Rage to Paint," Newsday, November 13, 1983, Pt. II, 19.
  • Deborah Solomon, Jackson Pollock: A Biography (New York, 1987), 252.
  • Ellen G. Landau, Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné, cat. rais. (New York, 1995), 160 (color ill.), 169, 314, no. 308 (color ill.).
  • Robert Hobbs, Lee Krasner, exh. cat. (New York: Independent Curators International, 1999), 148, 151 (color ill.).
  • Gail Levin, Lee Krasner: A Biography (New York: William Morrow, 2011), 324, 419.

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