Number 25, 1950
Date
1950
Artist
Jackson Pollock, American, b. Cody, Wyoming, 1912–1956
Provenance
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, 1950
Private Collection, New York
Harold Diamond, New York, to 15 March 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 March 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
BETTY PARSONS GALLERY, New York. Jackson Pollock, 28 November-16 December 1950.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington D.C. One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Institution, 26 September 1971-31 January 1972.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 557.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC. "The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York," 22 May-21 September 1980, no. 14, ill. p. 59.
LOWE ART MUSEUM, University of Miami. Abstract Expressionism:
Other Dimensions, 26 October-3 December 1989, no. 86. TOUR: TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Chicago, IL, 6 January-5 March 1990; JANE VOORHEES ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM, Rutgers University, NJ, 25 March-13 June 1990.
CENTRO CULTURAL FUNDACIO "LA CAIXA," Barcelona, Spain. Between Art and
Life: From Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art, 28 January-28 March 1999. TOUR: SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt, Germany, 21 April- 4 July 1999.
POLLOCK-KRASNER HOUSE & STUDY CENTER, East Hampton, New York. "Jackson Pollock: Small Poured Works, 1943-1950," 3 August-17 September 2006, fig. 38, p. 20; ill. pp. 42-43.
AICHI PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART, Nagoya, Japan. "Jackson Pollock: A Centennial Retrospective," 11 November 2011-22 January 2012, cat. Tour: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Tokyo, 10 February-6 May 2012.
Published References
O'CONNOR, FRANCIS. Jackson Pollock (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1967) p.
56.
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York:
Abrams, 1974) p. 396, 735.
UNSIGNED. Art & Man (February 1976) ill.
O'CONNOR, FRANCIS VALENTINE and EUGENE VICTOR THAW. Jackson
Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Drawings and Other Works Vol. 2 (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1978) no. 253.
W.A. Krueger Co. Annual Report, 1983, p. 18.
PARK, EDWARDS. Treasures of the Smithsonian (Washington D.C.: Smithsonian
Books, 1983).
BRITSCH, RALPH A. and TODD A. BRITSCH. The Arts in Western Culture
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1985) fig. 16-30, p. 420.
UNSIGNED. "American Art Since 1945," Humanities 6/1 (1985).
HUBBARD, GUY. Art in Action (San Diego, CA : Coronado Publishers, c1987).
BLOCK, JONATHAN and ATTERBERRY, GISELE. Design Essentials: A Handbook
(Englewood Hills, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1989) fig. 11, p. 15.
SAUQUET, SILVIA. Made in USA 1940-1970: Between Art and Life (Barcelona, Spain:
Fundacio "La Caixa," 1999) p. 65.
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School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.4085
Type
Painting
Medium
Encaustic on canvas
Dimensions
9 7/8 × 37 7/8 in. (25.1 × 96.2 cm)
