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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.
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]
Mural on Indian Red Ground is a 1950 abstract expressionist drip painting by American artist Jackson Pollock, currently in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. It is valued at about $250 million [1] and is considered one of Pollock's greatest works. [2]
A $10 million dollar Jackson Pollock painting has been discovered and the Arizona owner had no idea they were holding something so valuable in their attic.
In 2006, a painting by Jackson Pollock, a key figure in American Expressionism, sold for $140 million. The 2000 film of his life starring Ed Harris served to rekindle public awareness of his ...
Number 17A is an abstract expressionist painting by American painter Jackson Pollock, from 1948. The painting is oil paint on fiberboard and is a drip painting, created by splashing paint onto a horizontal surface. It was painted a year after Jackson Pollock introduced his drip technique. The piece was featured in the August 1949 edition of ...
Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈ p ɒ l ə k /; 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 angles.
Renowned art collector and supporter Ben Heller [5] acquired the painting in 1957 a year after Jackson Pollock died for a reported $32,000. [6] Heller was friends with Pollock and patronized him and many other American artists during his lifetime. [7] Blue Poles hung in the living room of Heller's 10th floor New York apartment on Central Park ...