Jackson PollockAmerican, 1912–1956Untitled
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The Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
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- Accession number
- 1188.1969.1-6
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Meanwhile, in the life of Jackson Pollock
The whole life8 August 1949
Life asks if he is the greatest living US painter
On 8 August 1949 Life published an article on Pollock under a headline asking whether he was the greatest living painter in the United States.
1950
Hans Namuth photographs and films Pollock at work
In 1950 the young photographer Hans Namuth photographed and filmed Pollock at work. Pollock had promised to start a new painting for the session but said it was already finished — then, as if realising it was not, he flung paint onto the canvas for about half an hour in an almost dancelike movement.
1950
A series of six works that became his best known
In his larger new studio Pollock created in 1950 a series of six works that later became his best known.
1950
“No. 12, 1949” at the Venice Biennale
Pollock's “No. 12, 1949”, a medium-sized drip painting, was shown in the United States Pavilion at the 1950 Venice Biennale.
from 7 March 1952
First Paris exhibition at Paul Facchetti's
From 7 March 1952 the first exhibition of Pollock's works of 1948–1951 in Paris and in Europe was held at Paul Facchetti's studio, arranged through the mediation of Pollock's close friend Alfonso Ossorio and the art historian Michel Tapié.
9 April 1952 – 27 July 1952
Exhibition: 15 Americans
