Untitled

1951

Jackson Pollock

Associated Names
Jackson Pollock

Artist, American, 1912 - 1956

The image displays a complex arrangement of black, fluid lines and shapes swirling and intersecting throughout the canvas. The lines create an abstract composition with patterns resembling fragmented faces with eyes and mouths, leaf-like forms, and shapes suggestive of hands and fingers. The artwork invites viewers to find familiar motifs within the random strokes and splatters of ink.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    screenprint in black on white laminated Strathmore paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    2001.24.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    O'Connor/Thaw 1978, Vol. 4, no. 1093, State (P29)

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. Vol. V, no. 4, (1988): 347-273.

2015

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

Markings

BS: Strathmore (upper left)

Wikidata ID

Q76342493

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