the artist, Springs, New York (until d. 1956; his estate, New York, 1956–62); Lee Krasner Pollock, New York (1962–82; her gift to MMA)
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Jackson Pollock," April 5–June 4, 1967, no. 96 (as "A pair of figures entwined," 1938–39; lent by the estate of the artist).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Jackson Pollock," July 9–September 3, 1967, no. 96.
Minneapolis. Walker Art Center. "Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper," February 11–March 19, 1968, not in catalogue.
College Park. University of Maryland Art Gallery. "Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper," April 1–22, 1968, not in catalogue.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper," May 14–June 16, 1968, not in catalogue.
Seattle Art Museum. "Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper," July 11–August 18, 1968, not in catalogue.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper," September 8–October 6, 1968, not in catalogue.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. "Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper," October 21–November 18, 1968, not in catalogue.
Waltham, Mass. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. "Jackson Pollock: Works on Paper," January 20–February 16, 1969, not in catalogue.
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. "Jackson Pollock–A Painter's Drawings 1930–1956," January 4–29, 1984, unnum. checklist.
Des Moines Art Center. "Jackson Pollock Drawings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 15–February 24, 1985, no. 14.
Tokyo. The Shoto Museum of Art. "Drawings Jackson Pollock: Loan Exhibition from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," August 20–September 29, 1985, no. 9 (as "Figure Composition," ca. 1939–42).
Fukuoka Art Museum. "Drawings Jackson Pollock: Loan Exhibition from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 8–27, 1985, no. 9.
Roslyn Harbor, N. Y. Nassau County Museum of Art. "Intimates and Confidants in Art: Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends," February 28–May 23, 1993, unnumbered cat. (p. 65; as "Figure Composition").
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. "Siqueiros/Pollock: Pollock/Siqueiros," September 30–December 3, 1995, unnumbered cat.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Jackson Pollock," November 1, 1998–February 2, 1999, no. 19 (as "Untitled").
Venice. Museo Correr. "Jackson Pollock in Venice," March 23–June 30, 2002, no. 12.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Thomas Hart Benton’s 'America Today' Mural Rediscovered," September 30, 2014–April 19, 2015, no catalogue (see MMA Bulletin 72, Winter 2015).
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945," February 17, 2020–January 31, 2021, not in catalogue.
Francis Valentine O'Connor and Eugene Victor Thaw, ed. Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works. Vol. 3, Drawings, 1930–1956. New Haven, 1978, p. 199, no. 558, ill., date it ca. 1939–42.
Tilman Osterwold inJackson Pollock: Zeichnungen. Exh. cat., Württembergischer Kunstverein. Stuttgart, 1990, pp. 16, 71, pl. 5.
Lisa Mintz Messinger inJackson Pollock: Zeichnungen. Exh. cat., Württembergischer Kunstverein. Stuttgart, 1990, p. 61.
Constance Schwartz inIntimates and Confidants in Art: Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends. Exh. cat., Nassau County Museum of Art. Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., 1993, p. 6.
Franklin Hill Perrell inIntimates and Confidants in Art: Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends. Exh. cat., Nassau County Museum of Art. Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., 1993, pp. 17, 80, ill. p. 65, dates it ca. 1939–42.
Regina Lange inSiqueiros/Pollock: Pollock/Siqueiros. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. "Essays/Dokumentation."Cologne, 1995, pp. 160–61, ill. (color), dates it ca. 1939–42.
Lisa Mintz Messinger inMen of Fire: José Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock. Exh. cat., Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Hanover, N.H., 2012, p. 40, fig. 69 (color), identifies this drawing as a sketch for the artist's painting "Naked Man with Knife" (ca. 1938–39, Tate).
Francesco Vossilla inJackson Pollock: The Figure of the Fury. Ed. Sergio Risaliti with Francesca Campana Comparini. Exh. cat., Palazzo Vecchio. Florence, 2014, p. 106.
Jackson Pollock (American, Cody, Wyoming 1912–1956 East Hampton, New York)
ca. 1950
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