Little Image series

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The Little Image series is a group of small-scale, densely patterned abstract paintings by Lee Krasner that mark a pivotal phase in her development as a leading Abstract Expressionist.

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instanceOf abstract painting series
series of paintings
artHistoricalSignificance early mature statement of Abstract Expressionism by a woman artist
helped establish Lee Krasner’s independent artistic identity
pivotal phase in Lee Krasner’s development
associatedWith postwar New York art scene
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Lee Krasner
describedAs intimate in scale yet monumental in effect
key body of work in Lee Krasner’s oeuvre
endTime 1950
exhibitedAt Jewish Museum
surface form: Jewish Museum (New York)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
surface form: The Museum of Modern Art

Whitney Museum of American Art
genre abstract art
hasPart Little Image paintings
inception late 1940s
influencedBy Cubism
Hebrew calligraphy
Surrealism
modernist grid structures
languageOfTitle English
locationCreated New York
mainSubject non-representational forms
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism
notableCharacteristic all-over composition
calligraphic marks
densely patterned surfaces
dripped and poured paint
grid-like structures
thick impasto
vibrant color contrasts
partOf Lee Krasner’s early Abstract Expressionist period
scale small-scale
startTime 1946
technique dabbing
dripping
layering
oil painting
typicalSupport canvas

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Lee Krasner series Little Image series