Artist
Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956)American, 1912–1956
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Composition with Figures and Banners
Datec. 1934–1938
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 10 3/4 × 11 7/8 × 7/8 in. (27.3 × 30.2 × 2.2 cm)
Frame: 16 7/8 × 18 × 2 in. (42.9 × 45.7 × 5.1 cm)
Frame: 16 7/8 × 18 × 2 in. (42.9 × 45.7 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number96.1761
Not on view
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Department
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Exhibition History"Jackson Pollock," Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, November 3–November 29, 1958.
"Jackson Pollock: Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors from the Collection of Lee Krasner Pollock," Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, June 16, 1961; Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande, Westfalen & Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, September 5–October 8, 1961; Kunsthaus, Zurich, October 24–November 29, 1961; Marlborogh Galleria d'Arte, Rome, October–November, 1962; Toninelli Arte Moderno, Milan, November–December 1962; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, February–April 1963; Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, January–February 1964.
"Jackson Pollock," Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 5–June 4, 1967; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 19–September 3, 1967.
"Jackson Pollock," Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, January 21–April 19, 1982.
"American Master: Jackson Pollock, Paintings, Drawings & Prints," Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, June 17–25, 1994; Hakone Open-Air Museum, Tokyo, July 13–August 14, 1994.
"Pollock/Siqueiros," Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, September 29–December 3, 1995.
"Jackson Pollock: Defining the Heroic," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 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," Museo Correr, Piazza San Marco, Venice, March 23–June 30, 2002.
"Jackson Pollock: Blue Poles," National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, October 4, 2002–January 27, 2003.
"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.
"The Figurative Pollock," Kunstmuseum Basel, October 2, 2016–January 22, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: There is a label on the verso of the backboard: "THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION, INC. / JACKSON POLLOCK CR #32 / Composition with Figures and Banners c. 1934-38 / oil on canvas / 10 5/8 x 11 3/4,". There is a label on the verso of the backboard: "Regencdy WorldWide Packing / 48-41 Van Dam Street / Long Island, N.Y. 11101 / 212-729-8877 / Lot# A-119 Pollock / PIECE #7 Kramer". There is a blue label, half torn, on the backboard: "7 / 532 / 3845" "JASON MCCOY INC. / 41 East 57 Street, New York 10022 213 / 319.1996 Fax 212/319.4799 / Jackson Pollock / Composition with Figures and Banners / oil on canvas / 10 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches / c. 1934 38 / CR#32". Inscribed in black ink on the backboard: "67.340 / Pollock Est.." There is a label on the verso of the frame: "Marlborough Fine Art Limited / 39 Old Bond Street London / Jackson Pollock / May-June 1961 Cat No. 16". There is a label on the verso of the frame: "24 OHNE TITEL. UN. 1936". There is a label on the verso of the frame: "Sidney Janis Gallery / 15 East 57 St. New York 22 / #5974 POLLOCK Untitled ca 1936 Oil 10-5/5/5. 11-24". There is a label on the verso of the frame: "MODERNA MUSEET / STOCKHOLM 100 / SWEDEN". There is a label on the verso of the frame: "MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY / 41 EAST 57 STREET / NEW YORK 22, N.Y. / JACKSON POLLOCK EXHIBITION 1964 / 11. Untitled painting c. 1936 / Oil on canvas / 10 3/4 x 11 3/4". There is a label on the verso of the frame: "Museum of Modern Art / LOAN / 67.340 / Pollock Est.". The frame is inscribed in blue pencil, verso: "Box 2A", in pencil: "1KASSER" and "67.340 TR 1676.4" and some other writing which is not legible.
The painting is signed in black ink, verso of canvas: "jackson Pollock/ca 1936 Lee Krasner Pollock 10-58."
Catalogue raisonnéO’Connor, Francis Valentine and Eugene Victor Thaw. Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1978, vol. 1, p. 26, no. 32, illus. p. 27.
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Jackson Pollock
c. 1930–1933
Oil paint over graphite, and varnish on brown wove paper
97.121
