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Number 17A. 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 ...
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 $140 million, a new mark for highest ever price for a painting, not surpassed until April 2011.
Signature. Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈpɒlək /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all ...
212.1 cm × 488.9 cm (83.5 in × 192.5 in) Location. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Blue Poles, also known as Number 11, 1952 is an abstract expressionist painting by American artist Jackson Pollock. It was purchased amid controversy by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973 and today remains one of the gallery's major paintings.
The late Danish butter magnate L.E. Bruun had a curious order in his will that meant his impressive coin collection could not be sold for 100 years. That time is up and the collection could now be ...
August 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Archaeologists Unearth 1,600 Ancient German Coinsbee32 - Getty Images. A resident of a southwest German town working on a construction project unearthed a stash of ...
English. Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? is a 2006 documentary following Teri Horton, a 73-year-old former long-haul truck driver from California, who purchased a painting from a thrift shop for $5, only to find out later that it may be a Jackson Pollock painting. She had no clue at the time who Jackson Pollock was, hence the name of the film.
Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY. September 11, 2024 at 7:58 PM. One of only eight surviving ratified copies of the U.S. Constitution discovered in an old filing cabinet in North Carolina soon will be ...