Tag Archives: Lee Krasner

Vintage Cottage in Springs 450K

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

THIS IS A PROPERTY I KNOW very well. It’s near where I live, for one thing, and I pass it almost daily. For another, I looked at it myself a year-and-a-half ago before buying a roughly similar place just down … Continue reading →

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1880s Farmhouse in Springs 695K

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

I WENT TO LOOK AT THIS 1880s farmhouse on Old Stone Highway to satisfy myself I didn’t want it. It’s just the kind of place I originally thought I wanted when I was house-hunting in the winter of 2008-9. So, … Continue reading →

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At Home with Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner

Posted on June 30, 2009 by

I’M LIVING A SCANT MILE from a National Historic Landmark and cult-of-personality epicenter, the Pollock-Krasner House. It’s an 1879 farmhouse here in Springs where two leading lights of Abstract Expressionist painting, Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, lived from 1945 until … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Springs

Posted on May 24, 2009 by

I’M STARTING TO EXPLORE my new neighborhood, bit by bit. The main attraction here is the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center on Springs Fireplace Road, below, an 1879 farmhouse that was home to Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, two of … Continue reading →

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