Untitled [Number 7]

1951

Jackson Pollock

Associated Names
Jackson Pollock

Artist, American, 1912 - 1956

The image shows a variety of thick and thin black lines splattered across the canvas, interweaving and overlapping to form a complex network of shapes. These abstract compositions resemble tangled webs or a frenzied dance of brush strokes. Some areas appear as clusters of black, while others suggest familiar objects like coiled snakes or ribbons. The chaotic arrangement occasionally gives the impression of eyes or a bird in flight, hinting at recognizable forms within the abstraction.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    screenprint in black on white laminated Strathmore paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 58.5 x 73.7 cm (23 1/16 x 29 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.24.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    O'Connor/Thaw 1978, Vol. 4, no. 1092, State (P28)

  • Series Title

    Numbers

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jackson Pollock; to Sanford McCoy; by descent to Family of Sanford McCoy; Margrit Ramme, by November 4, 1971; Private collection, U.S.A.; David Tunick, Inc., New York, summer 2000; purchased by NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2015 - 2016, unnumbered catalogue.

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.

1988

  • Williams, Reba and Dave Williams. "The Prints of Jackson Pollock." Print Quarterly 5, no. 4 (1988): 347-273.

2015

  • Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots. Exh. cat. Tate Liverpool; Dallas Museum of Art, 2015.

Markings

BS: Strathmore (upper right)

Wikidata ID

Q76342491

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