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Jackson Pollock

Hans Namuth American
1950
Not on view
"It was a great drama," Namuth later said of his sessions with Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). "The flame of explosion when the paint hit the canvas; the dance-like movement; the eyes tormented before knowing where to strike next; the tension; then the explosion again." In this photograph, Pollock is poised at the edge of his large painting Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) (1950; The Metropolitan Museum of Art); the canvas on the wall behind him is Number 32 (1950; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jackson Pollock
  • Artist: Hans Namuth (American, 1915–1990)
  • Date: 1950
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: 48.5 x 38.7 cm. (19 1/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Funds from various donors and Matching Funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.1063
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 1991 Hans Namuth Estate, Courtesy Center for Creative Photography
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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