Jackson Pollock's "Mural"

Jackson Pollock, Mural, 1943, oil and casein on canvas, 95 5/8 x 237 3/4 in. (242.9 x 603.9 cm), Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, 1959.6, reproduced with permission from the University of Iowa

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Jackson Pollock, Untitled, c. 1950, black ink, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1985.62.2

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Jackson Pollock, Untitled, c. 1939/1942, brush and black ink on wove paper, Leonard R. Stachura Fund, 1985.62.3

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This work is created entirely with dripped and splattered black paint against a bone-colored background in this abstract horizontal painting. The left half is a collection of mostly vertical lines above a nest-like patch of crossing lines near the bottom. Many of the vertical lines are spaced apart so only a few overlap, and the lines are marked with splotches that resemble ink blots. To our right, more densely spaced spatters and lightly curving lines combine to create an abstracted face and body of a person. The artist signed and dated the work in black paint in the lower right corner: “Jackson Pollock 51.”

Jackson Pollock, Number 7, 1951, 1951, enamel on canvas, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1983.77.1

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Jackson Pollock, Emiliano Sorini, Untitled, 1944/1945 (printed 1967), engraving and drypoint in brown-black on white Italia paper, The William Stamps Farish Fund, 2009.3.1

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Jackson Pollock, Emiliano Sorini, Untitled, 1944/1945 (printed 1967), engraving and drypoint in brown-black on white Italia paper, The William Stamps Farish Fund, 2009.4.2

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Jackson Pollock, Emiliano Sorini, Untitled, 1944/1945 (printed 1967), engraving and drypoint in brown-black on white Italia wove paper, The William Stamps Farish Fund, 2009.4.4

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Jackson Pollock, Emiliano Sorini, Untitled, 1944/1945 (printed 1967), engraving and drypoint in brown-black on white Italia wove paper, The William Stamps Farish Fund, 2009.4.5

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Jackson Pollock, Untitled, c. 1939/1940, graphite and colored pencil on wove paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2015.11.1

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Jackson Pollock, Untitled, 1951, ink on Japanese paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.123

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Densely spaced lines and splatters in black, white, pale salmon pink, teal, and steel gray crisscross a rectangular cream-colored canvas in this abstract horizontal painting. The lines move in every direction. Most are straight but some curve slightly. The density eases a bit near the edges. Two sets of ghostly white handprints are visible at the upper corners. The artist signed and dated the painting in black paint in the lower left corner: “Jackson Pollock ’50.”

Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), 1950, oil, enamel, and aluminum on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1976.37.1

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Jackson Pollock, Untitled, c. 1945, pen and black ink on brown paper prepared with yellow gouache, Leonard R. Stachura Fund, 1985.62.4

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Jackson Pollock, Ritual, 1953, oil on canvas, Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection

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