Lee Krasner
Free Space

Free Space

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

Free Space
Free Space
ArtistAmerican, 1908–1984
Print studioNew York
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Free Space
  • from the portfolio An American Portrait
Date1975
MediumScreenprint in colors on wove paper, edition 42/175
DimensionsSheet: 19 1/2 × 25 3/4 in. (49.5 × 65.4 cm)
Frame: 29 1/2 × 35 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (74.9 × 91.1 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William Woodford
Object number2020.288
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist with [Transworld Art Corporation, 1975]; Collection of William Woodford (1939-2020), [1] before 2020; Estate of William Woodford, 2020; given to 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 History"Screen, Ink, Pressure: Screenprint Surge at Midcentury" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 29, 2023-March 3, 2024 [Fifth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and inscribed in graphite, bottom left edge of image, in image: Lee Krasner 42/175
Verso: Unknown at present.
Verso (of frame): Transparent pocket containing paper material pertaining to the work. (See Fig. 6)
Verso (of frame): Inscribed in graphite, upper left: G33978

Watermark: None known at present.
Catalogue raisonnéLandau 559

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