Abstract Expressionism was an art movement all about the act and gesture of painting. It is a movement that is most closely associated with male artists, such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. However, a number of women played a significant role in the development of the movement, despite never receiving equal recognition. Known for her fluid, energetic images, Lee Krasner was one of the most influential female Abstract Expressionists. 

This work, Primary Series: Pink Stone, was executed in a bold monochromatic pink. The composition lacks a central focal point, so that the viewer’s gaze is continually moving, traveling along with the splatter marks and splashes of color. Krasner’s marks allude to floral or plant-like shapes which seem to continue off the edge of the paper.