Krasner Pollock: Past Continuous at The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicating a major exhibition to Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, the first significant New York presentation of either artist's work in over 20 years and the first time either has been the subject of a major show at The Met. Drawing on more than 120 paintings, works on paper, and ephemera from over 80 lenders, including MoMA, the Whitney, Tate, the Centre Pompidou, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the exhibition charts their parallel careers not as a single story but as two independent practices shaped by a shared life. Organized into 12 chapters spanning the 1930s through the end of each artist's life, it examines a mutual dedication to abstraction and how different their artistic directions ultimately were. Landmark works anchor the presentation, including Krasner's The Seasons and Combat, and Pollock's Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), and The Deep.

Photos: Rudolph Burckhardt. ©Estate of Rudolph Burckhardt, courtesy Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY.