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

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ArtistAmerican, 1908–1984
CultureAmerican
Titles
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Date1941
MediumGouache and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in. (35.2 × 27.5 cm)
Opening: 12 1/8 × 7 1/2 in. (30.8 × 19.1 cm)
Frame: 23 7/8 × 19 1/8 × 1 7/8 in. (60.6 × 48.6 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William Woodford
Object number2020.482
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1941; [Robert Miller Gallery, after 1941]; Collection of Harold M. Williams (1928-2017), after 1941; [Janie C. Lee Gallery, by 1987]; Collection of William Woodford (1939-2020), [1] possibly 1987-2020; Estate of William Woodford, 2020; given to the MFAH, 2020.

[1] William Woodford (1939–2020) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1961 from U.T. where he was president of his fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha. He received his law degree from U.T. in 1964, having served as Associate Editor for the Texas Law Review (1963-1964) and being named a Chancellor as well as becoming a member of Phi Delta Phi. After clerking for the Hon. Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr. for the Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, he joined the law firm Baker Botts in 1965 where he spent the entirety of his career, becoming a partner in 1972. A long-time member of this museum, Woodford channeled his love of the arts through his discriminating collecting and became an avid photographer, taking and developing his own prints with a particular focus on the Houston Ballet. His generous bequest also included a painting by Dorothy Hood and a number of important works to the Prints and Drawings department.
Exhibition HistoryDrawings 1944–1954, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX, April 17–June 17, 1987.

"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, lower right, below image: L.K. ‘41
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top left: GOUACHE 1941 #5
Back label: Label printed in ink, upper left: Janie C. Lee gallery label with tombstone information
Back label: Label printed in ink, upper left: Janie C. Lee exhibition label (see References/Exhibitions)

Watermark: None.
Catalogue raisonnéLandau 164

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