Jackson Pollock
Number 22A

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Artist Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956)American, 1912–1956

CultureAmerican

Titles

Number 22A

Date1948

PlaceUnited States

MediumEnamel and gesso on paper mounted on panel

Dimensions22 1/2 × 30 5/8 in. (57.2 × 77.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment

Object number96.1753

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceGiven to Mr. Frank Pollock, Los Angeles; [Jason McCoy, Inc., New York, until 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.

Exhibition HistoryBetty Parsons Gallery, New York, January 24–February 12, 1949.

Rutgers University Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 28–March 23, 1950.

"40 American Painters," University of Minnesota Gallery, Minneapolis, June 4–August 30, 1951.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 1962–December 1967.

"Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper," Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, February 11–March 10, 1968; University of Maryland, College Park, April 1–22, 1968; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, May 14–June 16, 1968; Seattle Art Museum, July 11–August 18, 1968; Baltimore Museum of Art, September 8–October 6, 1968; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, October 21–November 18, 1968; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, January 20–February 16, 1969.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 1969–January 1970.

Pasadena Art Museum, California, January 1970–August 1974.

Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, August 1974–1977.

San Francisco Museum of Art, 1980.

“Jackson Pollock: Drawing into Painting,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 4–March 16, 1980; The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, April 1–May 13, 1979; Städtisches Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, June 10–July 22, 1979; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, August 10–September 16, 1979; Musée d’Art Modern de la Ville de Paris, September 28–November 18, 1979; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 30, 1979–January 20, 1980.

"Jackson Pollock: Pollock in the Mid-Forties: A Close-Up," James McCoy Inc., New York, October 22–November 28, 1992.

"An American Master: Jackson Pollock, Paintings, Drawings & Prints 1930-1951," Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, June 17–25, 1994; Hakone Open-Air Museum, Tokyo, July 13–August 14, 1994.

"Jackson Pollock: Defining the Heroic," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 2–June 30, 1996.

"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.

"Jackson Pollock: Blue Poles," National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, October 4, 2002–January 27, 2003.

"No Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock's Paintings on Paper," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 1–September 29, 2006.

"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2007–March 2, 2008.

"Angels, Demons, Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet," The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., February 9–September 12, 2013; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, June 27–September 12, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Labels, verso of backboard: "Fitted with/DENGLASS", "PASADENA ART MUSEUM/Loan No. 49.70/Artist: Jackson pollock Medium: oil on paper/Size: 29 5/8 x 37 5/8"/Title: Untitled Date: 1948/Lender: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pollock/Exhibition: Long term loan", "San Francisco Museum of Art/Reg No. 20.80 Loan from Frank Pollock Artist Jackson Pollock, Untitled, 1948/ enamel on gesso on paper, 29 5/8"/x 37 5/8"/Received 5/28/80/LOAN FROM: Frank Pollock, Ontario, California", " Museum of Modern Art/LOAN/Frank Pollock/1978.5 91", "Statische Kunsthalle Dussetdorf/Grabbeplatz 4, Telefon 355783" with writing in blue ink (German?), "Arts Council of Great Britian/105 Piccadilly, London WIVOAU/01-629 9495/Exhibition: Jackson Pollock: Drawing into Painting 1979/CAT No. 1978.591/Artist: Pollock/Title: Untitled 1948/Owner: Mr. & Mrs. Frank Leslie Pollock, San Francisco", "Exhibition: Jackson Pollock: Drawing into Painting/Artist: Jackson Pollock/Title/Date: Untitled, 1948 1948/Medium: enamel on wet gesso/Museum No. 1978.59/The Museum of Modern Art/11 West 53 Street, New York, New York 10019", "The Museum of Modern ARt/ 11 West 53 Street, New York/Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper/Title Untitled, 1948 enamel on wet gesso/Lenders name: Mr. & Mrs. Frank Pollock 67.1380 Ontario, Calif", and "Betty Parsons Gallery/15 East 57th St., N.Y.C./Artist Jackson Pollock/ Title #22/Price $250."

The work is signed in black ink, bottom right: "Jackson Pollock 48."

Catalogue raisonnéO'Connor-Thaw 201

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