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Look Inside the East End Studios of Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Elaine de Kooning, and More

What is it that, for nearly two centuries, has drawn artists to the East End? Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch assembled a rich archival compendium of East End studios and homes of artists past.

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Jackson Pollock (middle) and his wife, Lee Krasner (left), in his East Hampton studio, 1953. Photography courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

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John Little by Caspar, 1953. Photography courtesy of the John Little Estate.

Jane Freilicher’s art studio, Water Mill, 1992, Robin and Stephen, east end, photography
Jane Freilicher’s art studio, Water Mill, 1992. Photography courtesy of Susan Wood/Getty Images.

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Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner pictured in 1950 outside. Photography courtesy of Hans Namath.

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Rudy Burckhardt, Jackson Pollock holding a can of paint, 1950. Photography courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Larry Rivers’s studio, Southampton, 1992. Photography of Susan Wood/Getty Images.

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Lee Krasner at work, 1981. Photography courtesy of Ernst Haas/Getty Images.

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Andy Warhol napping in the main house of Eothen. Photography courtesy of Vincent Fremont.

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Maurice Berezov, Jackson Pollock’s Studio one month after his death, 1956. Photography courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Duck Creek Farm, 1948. Photography courtesy of Jacqueline Little.

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Willem de Kooning in his studio, 1967. Photography courtesy of Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images.

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The Elaine de Kooning House in East Hampton. Photography courtesy of Barbara Lynne.

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Peter Beard, Warhol outside Eothen, 1972. Photography courtesy of Peter Beard Studio.

Larry Rivers, Robin and Stephen, east end, photography, Jackson pollock
Larry Rivers’s studio, Southampton, 1992. Photography courtesy of Susan Wood/Getty Images.

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Portrait of photographer Peter Beard, Montauk, 1995. Photography courtesy of the Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images.

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Peter Beard with pet goat Mikie, 1981. Photography courtesy of the Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images.

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The D’Amicos’s original WWII barge in situ for the first time, 1960. Photography courtesy of Mabel & Victoria D’Amico Studio and Archive.

Lee Krasner in her East Hampton studio, 1962. Photography courtesy of Hans Namath/Photo Researchers History/Getty Images.

Larry River’s studio, Southampton, 1992. Photography of Susan Wood/Getty Images.

The Elaine de Kooning House in East Hampton. Photography courtesy of Barbara Lynne.

John Little Barn during restoration, 2015. Photography courtesy of Arts Center at Duck Creek.

Larry Rivers at his studio in Southampton, 1992. Photography courtesy of Susan Wood/Getty Images.

Willem de Kooning’s East Hampton studio, 1965. Photography courtesy of Hans Namath/Photo Researchers History/Getty Images.

Lee Krasner in her studio on Long Island, 1973. Photography courtesy of Arnold Newman Properties/Getty Images.

John Little and his daughter, Abigail, in his studio, 1953. Photography by Tony Vaccaro and courtesy of the John Little Estate.

Arthur Dove and Helen Torr’s cottage, 1938. Photography courtesy of The Heckscher Museum of Art.

Warhol and friends. Photography courtesy of Vincent Fremont.

Duck Creek Farm, 1950. Photography courtesy of Jacqueline Little.

Victor D’Amico Institute of Art barge in Amagansett. Photography courtesy of Susan Wood/Getty Images.

Jane Freilicher’s art studio, Water Mill, 1992. Photography courtesy of Randy Duchaine.

The Dove/Torr Cottage, c. 1938. Photography courtesy of Estate of Arthur Dove.

Peter Beard, Warhol, 1972. Photography courtesy of Peter Beard Studio.

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Herbert Matter, Jackson Pollock painting in his studio, 1947. Photography courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

 

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