Artist
Jackson Pollock American, 1912–1956
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Overall Composition
Date1934–1938
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 15 1/16 × 20 1/8 in. (38.3 × 51.1 cm)
Frame: 22 3/8 × 27 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (56.8 × 69.5 × 7 cm)
Frame: 22 3/8 × 27 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (56.8 × 69.5 × 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number96.1759
Not on view
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Department
American ArtObject Type
Lee Krasner Pollock;
(Sale, Jason McCoy Inc., 1996);
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, 1996, 96.1759.
Exhibition History"Jackson Pollock," Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, November 3–29, 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, Germany, 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, Sweden, 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, July 19–September 3, 1967.
"Jackson Pollock," Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'art Modern, Paris, January 21–April 9, 1982.
"American Master: Jackson Pollock, Paintings, Drawings & Prints," Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, July 13–August 14, 1994.
Jackson Pollock: Defining the Heroic," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 2–June 30, 1996.
"Jackson Pollock," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 1, 1998–February 2, 1999; The Tate Gallery, London, March 11–June 6, 1999.
"Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 13–September 3, 2001.
"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2007–March 2, 2008.
"After Many Springs: Art in the Midwest in the 1930s," Des Moines Art Center, January 30–May 17, 2009.
"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In pencil, verso of canvas: "Jackson Pollock ca. 1937/Lee Krasner Pollock 10-58." Labels, verso of backboard: "REGENCY WORLDWIDE PACKING/48-41 Van Dam Street/Long Island, N.Y. 11101/212-729-8877/Lot# A-119 Pollock/Piece # 9 Kramer", a blue label, "7 SANTINI/Brothers/Fine Art Division/535/3845", Centre Georges Pompidou/Auteur de l'oeuvre JACKSON POLLOCK Titre Overall Compostion, c. 1934-38/Proprietaire Mme Lee Krasner, New York/No du catalogue THAW - 33", "Jason McCoy Inc/ 41 East 57 Street, New York 10022 212/319.1996 FAx 212/319.4799/Jackson Pollock/OVERALL COMPOSITION/Oil on canvas/15 x 20 inches/c. 1934-1938/CR 33/JP 3038", "Museum of Modern Art/LOAN/67.338/Pollock Estate." Labels, verso of canvas frame: "27 OHNE TITEL. UM1937", MODERNA MUSEET/STOCKHOLM 100 SWEDEN", "Museum of Modern Art/LOAN/67.338/Pollock Est." Labels, verso of canvas frame: "Marlborough Fine Art Limited/39 Old Bond Street London WI/Jackson Pollock/May-June 1961 Cat. No. 18", "MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY/41 EAST 57 STREET/NEW YORK 22, N.Y./JACKSON POLLOCK EXHIBITION 1964/34 Untitled painting c. 1937/Oil on canvas/15 x 20", "sidney Janis Gallery/15 East 57 ST, New York 22/#5975 POLLOCK Untitled Oil 15 x 20"/6. ca. 1937", "The 7 BROTHERS c/31/Fine Arts Div." A blue Label: "The 7 Santini/Brothers/Lot 3845/No 372." In pencil, verso of canvas frame: "TR 1676.2 1937 66.338 303/6." Verso of Frame, Label: "Yamato transport Co.,LTD./Fine Arts Division/ExhibT. (Japanese) Case No.13 Catal. No. II-3."
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, no. 33. p. 28, illus. p. 29.
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