Untitled

1944/1945 (printed 1967)

Jackson Pollock

Artist, American, 1912 - 1956

Emiliano Sorini

Printer, American, active 20th century

Printed in very dark brown on white paper, curling, zigzagging, and straight lines, some delicate and some gouged, are spaced fairly evenly across this horizontal, abstract engraving and drypoint. Most of the deeply cut lines are in the lower right quadrant with a couple curving across the left half. Some of the delicate lines create the impression of crescent moons, birds, and shapes among what first appears to be chaos. Graphite writing in the lower margin in the right corner reads, “38/50.”
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and drypoint in brown-black on white Italia paper

  • Credit Line

    The William Stamps Farish Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40.01 x 60.33 cm (15 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.32 x 69.22 cm (19 13/16 x 27 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.4.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    O'Connor/Thaw 1978, Vol. 4, no. 1082 (P19)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hirschl & Adler and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, NY, NY); purchased 2009 by NGA, with funds donated by The William Stamps Farish Fund

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Jackson Pollock's "Mural", National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Nov. 19, 2017-Oct. 28, 2018 (this print was exhibited from Nov. 19, 2017-May 8, 2018)

Bibliography

1978

  • O'Connor, Francis Valentine and Eugene Victor Thaw, editors. Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works. 4 vols. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1978.

Inscriptions

lower right below plate in graphite by unknown hand: 38/50

Markings

BS: Jackson Pollock Estate; BS:Emiliano Sorini

Watermarks

'M’ surmounted by a cross (from Cartiera Enrico Magnani)

Wikidata ID

Q76439221

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