Artist
Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956)American, 1912–1956
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled
Datec. 1943
PlaceUnited States
MediumCarved bone
Dimensions6 1/4 × 3 1/8 × 1 13/16 in. (15.8 × 7.9 × 4.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarofim in memory of Alice Pratt Brown
Object number96.1757
Non exposé
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Department
American ArtObject Type
Harold and Helen S. Faye, La Jolla, California;
(Sale, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, 1996);
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarofim in memory of Alice Pratt Brown, 1996, 96.1757.
Exhibition History“Jackson Pollock: New Found Works,” Jason McCoy, Inc., New York, September 12–October 28, 1995.
“Jackson Pollock: Defining the Heroic,” Jason McCoy, Inc., New York, March 2–June 30, 1996.
"Jackson Pollock," Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 1, 1998–February 2, 1999; Tate Gallery, London, March 11–June 6, 1999.
"Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 13–September 3, 2001.
"Jackson Pollock," The Museo Correr, Piazza San Marco, Venice, March 23–June 30, 2002.
"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Catalogue raisonnéO’Connor, Francis Valentine and Eugene Victor Thaw. Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works: Supplement New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995, suppl. 1, no. 29, p. 39, illus. p. 38.
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Jackson Pollock
c. 1946–1947
Brown ink and india ink on brown cardboard cover of a sketchbook
96.1752.9
early 20th century
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Jackson Pollock
c. 1930–1933
Oil paint over graphite, and varnish on brown wove paper
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