Jackson Pollock
Untitled

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Untitled

Datec. 1949

PlaceUnited States

MediumPlaster and paint on wire

Dimensions2 3/4 × 3 11/16 × 3 1/16 in. (7 × 9.4 × 7.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarofim in memory of Alice Pratt Brown

Object number96.1758

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceEstate of the artist; Lee Krasner Pollock, New York, until at least 1978; [Jason McCoy Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.

Exhibition History"Jackson Pollock," Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, November 21–December 10, 1949.

"Krasner/Pollock, A Working Relationship," Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, August 8–October 4, 1981; Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, November 4–December 12, 1981.

Jackson Pollock: Defining the Heroic," The 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: Blind Spots," Tate Liverpool, England, June 30–October 18, 2015; Dallas Museum of Art, November 20, 2015–March 20, 2016.

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. 4, no. 1049, p. 127, illus. p, 127.

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