LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and enamel on paper mounted on canvas

Measurements:

30.87 in. (78.40 cm.) (height) by 22.60 in. (57.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Jackson Pollock 48' (upper left)

Exhibited:

New York, Betty Parsons Gallery, Jackson Pollock; Recent Paintings, January-February 1949. Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes; Rio de Janero, Museo de Arte Moderna; Sao Paolo, Museo de Arte Moderna; Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Moderno; Salon of the Municipal Government of Montevideo; Santiago, Reifschneider Gallery; Lima, Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo; Guayaquil, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana; Quinto, Museo de Arte Colonial; Bogota, Museo Nacional; Panama, Instituto Panameno de Arte; Mexico City, Palacia de Bellas Artes, Abstract Drawings and Watercolors, organized by the Museum of Modern Art International Council, January 1962-May 1963, no. 52. New York, C&M Arts, Jackson Pollock: Drip Paintings on Paper, 1948-1949, October-December 1993, n.p. (illustrated in color).

Literature:

C. Greenberg, "Art," The Nation, 19 February 1949, p. 12. F.V. O'Connor and E.V. Thaw, eds., Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings and Other Works, vol. 2, New Haven, 1978, p. 9, no. 190 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Janet Chase Hauck, New York. Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 4 May 1993, lot 10. Private collection, Paris. Acquired from the above by the present owner.