Untitled
Date
1943
Artist
Jackson Pollock, American, b. Cody, Wyoming, 1912–1956
Provenance
Howard Putzel **
James Daniels (supposedly acquired from the artist)
Harold Diamond, New York, to 15 October 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 October 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
** Source: O'Connor/Thaw Catalogue Raisonne
The drawing was reproduced on a Christmas card by Howard Putzel in c. 1944.
Exhibition History
JUSTER GALLERY, New York. "American Watercolors and Drawings from 1900," 23 April-12 May 1962, no. 53.
WASHINGTON PROJECT FOR THE ARTS, Washington, DC. "The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism," 14 September-9 December 1989, fig. 9, cat. no. 68, p. 29, 31. TOUR: STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, New York, 16 September-30 December 1990.
MUSEO DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA DI TRENTO E ROVERETO, Italy. "Il Secolo del Jazz: Arte, Cinema, Musica e Fotografia da Picasso a Basquiat," 15 November 2008-15 February 2009, color ill. p. 226. TOUR: MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY, Paris, 17 March-28 June; CENTRE DE CULTURA CONTEMPORANIA DE BARCELONA, 21 July-18 October. [Bacelona Venue only]
Published References
O'CONNOR, FRANCIS VALENTINE and EUGENE VICTOR THAW. Jackson
Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Drawings and Other Works Vol. 3 (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1978) no. 666.
POWELL, RICHARD J. The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism (Washington D.C.: Washington Project for the Arts, 1989) fig. 9, p. 29, 31.
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School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.4083
Type
Drawing
Medium
Ink on colored paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
11 1/2 × 12 5/8 in. (29.2 × 32.1 cm) on artist's mount: 12 13/16 × 15 3/16 in. (32.5 × 38.6 cm)
