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Red Vertical Composition 5
195021 x 11 1/2 in. (53.3 x 29.2 cm)
Jackson Pollock
American (Cody, WY, 1912 - 1956)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1959.11
Location: Not currently on view
Jackson Pollock mused “that the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture. Each age finds its own technique.”
His “poured” paintings, like the one on view here, have become an emblem of twentieth-century abstract art. Eschewing traditional brushes, easels, and realistic subject matter, Pollock placed his canvases on the floor. He often walked on them as he dripped skeins of paint across their surfaces. Using the movement of his entire body, he got inside his paintings, as he sometimes described his working process. His painting style may appear to be accidental and random, but it was, in fact, controlled and defined.
[Summer 2015]
His “poured” paintings, like the one on view here, have become an emblem of twentieth-century abstract art. Eschewing traditional brushes, easels, and realistic subject matter, Pollock placed his canvases on the floor. He often walked on them as he dripped skeins of paint across their surfaces. Using the movement of his entire body, he got inside his paintings, as he sometimes described his working process. His painting style may appear to be accidental and random, but it was, in fact, controlled and defined.
[Summer 2015]
Marks
Artist's signature, verso: Jackson Pollock 1950/Lee Krasner Pollock 10-58 Per Helen Harrison, Director, Krasner-Pollock House: " 'Jackson Pollock 1950' is an inscription by Lee Krasner. 'Lee Krasner Pollock 10-58' is Lee's signature and the month & year the work was modified. It was exhibited at the Sidney Janis Gallery from 3-29 November 1958."
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Jackson Pollock Sidney Janis Limited 11/3/1958 - 11/29/1958
- Recent Acquisitions: 20th century Permanent Collection 1962
- 20th Century Vision Memorial Art Gallery 1967-1968
- Modern Art in Rochester 7/18/1981 - 8/23/1981
- Abstract Expressionism: Other Dimensions The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum 10/26/1989 - 6/13/1990
- States of Order: Jackson Pollock's Small Poured Works 8/3/2006 - 9/16/2006
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: A Quartet of Contemporary Paintings. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 25, Issue Number: 5. Issue Date: May-June 1960.
- Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Francis Valentine O'Connor, ed. Jackson Pollock: A Catalog Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1978. Volume Number: 2: Paintings, 1948-1955
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 2000--.
- Francis Valentine O'Connor. Jackson Pollock: Small Poured Works ,1943-1950. East Hampton, N.Y.: Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, 2006.
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Web Links
See links to web pages and lesson plans
Modern Art: Who, What, and Why?
Materials accompanying a teacher inservice presentation at MAG Spring 2008
Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas
In this site, Miltos Manetas has created a flash animation that allows viewers to create splash paintings with movements of their mouse.