Home is where the art is.<\/p>\n
The Manhattan townhouse that art-world luminaries Jackson Pollock<\/a> and Lee Krasner<\/a> used as their studio space in the early 1950s has listed for sale, asking $7.99 million, according to a release from its listing brokerage.<\/p>\n And perhaps it\u2019s no surprise the couple chose the property \u2014 at 9 MacDougal Alley along one of the city\u2019s most prime gated mews \u2014 as a workspace. <\/p>\n Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. Getty Images<\/p>\n The residence is marked by a prominent artist\u2019s skylight. Zdravko Cota\/Sotheby’s International Realty<\/p>\n The wall of windows allows the space to fill with sunlight. Zdravko Cota\/Sotheby’s International Realty<\/p>\n The brick exterior. Zdravko Cota\/Sotheby’s International Realty<\/p>\n Not only do listing images show charming old-world interiors, with perks including beamed ceilings and hardwood floors, but they also showcase a massive wall of windows that lets natural light pour in. That prime fixture, referred to in the marketing materials as an artist\u2019s skylight, is framed under a double-height ceiling \u2014 and it dates to when Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum, had her studio nearby.<\/p>\n While the couple\u2019s use of the roughly 1,500-square-foot building may seem many decades in the past, it actually isn\u2019t as distant as it may seem. Should this residence now sell, it would mark the first time since December 1988 that it changed hands.<\/p>\n Pollock and Krasner resided at No. 9 in 1949 and 1950, according to Brick Underground<\/a>, having borrowed the dwelling from Pollock\u2019s friend and benefactor, the painter Alfonso Ossorio.<\/p>\n Beamed ceilings and a woodburning fireplace are extra old-world perks. Zdravko Cota\/Sotheby’s International Realty<\/p>\n The garden has mature plantings. Zdravko Cota\/Sotheby’s International Realty<\/p>\n One of two kitchens. Zdravko Cota\/Sotheby’s International Realty<\/p>\n Located just north of Washington Square Park, MacDougal Alley stands behind gates \u2014 with the thoroughfare dating to 1833. Traditionally, the buildings along the mews<\/a> were the carriage houses of the mansions that stood on Washington Square North.<\/p>\n