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The piece was featured in the August 1949 edition of Life that made Jackson Pollock a celebrity. [1] It is owned by hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin, who purchased it in September 2015 from David Geffen for $200 million, a then record-breaking price, at which time it was lent to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Signature. Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈpɒlək /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all ...
Georgia O'Keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. On November 20, 2014 at Sotheby's, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought her 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for US$44.4 million (equivalent to US$57.2 million in 2023). [14][15] Among the listed top 89, only six are paintings by non ...
Dimensions. 2.4 m × 1.2 m (8 ft × 4 ft) Location. Private collection, New York. No. 5, 1948 is a 1948 painting by Jackson Pollock, an American painter known for his contributions to the abstract expressionist movement. It was sold on 22 May 2006 for $140 million, a new mark for highest ever price for a painting, not surpassed until April 2011.
The List of painters in the Art Institute of Chicago is a list of the artists ... John Jackson (painter) (1778 ... Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), 3 paintings ...
One: Number 31, 1950. One: Number 31, 1950 is a painting by American painter Jackson Pollock, from 1950. It is one of the largest and most prominent examples of the artist's Abstract Expressionist drip-style works. [1] The work was owned by a private collector until 1968 when it was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, where it ...
243 cm × 604 cm (96 in × 238 in) Location. University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City. Mural is a 1943 large painting by American artist Jackson Pollock. Although signed and dated 1943, the signature and date were not added until 1947, and the work was probably completed around the fall of 1943. It was made with oil paint (and an off-white ...
212.1 cm × 488.9 cm (83.5 in × 192.5 in) Location. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Blue Poles, also known as Number 11, 1952 is an abstract expressionist painting by American artist Jackson Pollock. It was purchased amid controversy by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973 and today remains one of the gallery's major paintings.