Pollock-Krasner House and Studio
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| Pollock-Krasner House and Studio | |
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| Location: | 830 Springs-Fireplace Road, Springs, Town of East Hampton, New York[1] |
| Built/Founded: | 1879 |
| Designated as NHL: | April 19, 1994[2] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 19, 1994[3] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 94001193 |
| Governing body: | Stony Brook Foundation, Inc |
In November 1945, Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner moved to what is now known as the "Pollock-Krasner House" in Springs in the town of East Hampton on Long Island, New York. The wood-frame house on 1.56 acres with a nearby barn is on Accobonac Creek.
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[edit] 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 loaned them the $2,000 down payment in exchange for artwork
At first Pollock used an upstairs bedroom as a studio. 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.
After Krasner died, the property was given to the Stony Brook Foundation which is administered by State University of New York at Stony Brook. Conservators examined the house and studio. Underneath the Masonite squares, they discovered the original barn floor, covered in stray paint from Pollock's masterpieces. The foundation schedules tours of the studio and house during the summer.
Part of the property was donated by Krasner to the The Nature Conservancy in the 1970s. The surrounding Springs neighborhood is on the National Register of Historic Places. The house and studio was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1994.[2],[4]
[edit] In Popular Culture
The house and studio were used in the making of the 2000 film Pollock
[edit] References
- ^ NHL Writeup
- ^ a b Jackson Pollock House & Studio. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-15).
- ^ Suffolk County listings at the National Register of Historic Places
- ^ ["Jackson Pollock House and Studio", September 16, 1993, by Avis BermanPDF (32 KB) National Historic Landmark Nomination]. National Park Service (1993-09-13).
[edit] External links
- Pollock-Krasner House and Studio is at coordinates Coordinates:
