In November 1945,

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and his wife

Lee Krasner Lenore "Lee" Krasner (born Lena Krassner; October 27, 1908 – June 19, 1984) was an American abstract expressionist painter, with a strong speciality in collage. She was married to Jackson Pollock. Although there was much cross-pollination betw ...

moved to what is now known as the Pollock-Krasner House and Studio in Springs in the town of East Hampton on

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. The wood-frame house on with a nearby barn is on Accobonac Creek.

History

Pollock and Krasner had visited friends nearby when they found this house for sale in 1945. The price was $5,000 and

Peggy Guggenheim Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim ( ; August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American art collector, bohemian and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with t ...

loaned them the $2,000 down payment in exchange for artwork. At first Pollock used an upstairs bedroom as a

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. In 1946, after moving the barn to improve the view from the house, Pollock started using that building as his studio. Krasner began using the bedroom as her studio. Pollock's brother had given him a large collection of square Masonite baseball game boards, and in 1953, Pollock used them to cover the floor of the house and studio. After Pollock's death, Krasner started using the barn as her studio. Pollock-Krasner House studio floor 2

After Krasner died, the property was given to the Stony Brook Foundation which is administered by

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. Conservators examined the house and studio. Underneath the Masonite squares, they discovered the original barn floor, covered in stray paint. The foundation schedules tours of the studio and house during the summer. Part of the property was donated by Krasner to

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in the 1970s. The surrounding Springs neighborhood is on the National Register of Historic Places. The house and studio was declared a

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in 1994.

In popular culture

The house and studio were used in the making of the

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Pollock Pollock or pollack (pronounced ) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic marine fish in the genus ''Pollachius''. ''Pollachius pollachius'' is referred to as pollock in North America, Ireland and the United Kingd ...

'' (2000), starring and directed by

Ed Harris Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in ''Apollo 13'' (1995), ''The Truman Show'' (1998), ''Pollock'' (2000), and '' The Hours'' (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Award n ...

. In addition, the studio was featured in Episode 2 of the BBC series, '' The Code in 2011''.

References

External links

Official Site
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