1945. East Hampton. Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock start a new life in a farmhouse 100 miles east of New York City. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In the winter of 1945, Lee and Jackson found themselves about 100 miles east of New York City.
It was freezing cold.
They came in a rainstorm.
They had a borrowed delivery wagon with all their stuff in it.
What were they thinking.
Standing outside an old, dilapidated farmhouse?
They pulled on the door.
It didn't budge.
This was meant to be their new home.
They had forgotten to pick up the key from the realtor, so they had to break in.
This is art historian Helen Harrison.
I sat down with her at this very farmhouse Lee and Jackson moved into almost 80 years ago.
Helen looked after it for over three decades.
The house is in the hamlet of Springs in the Hamptons.