the artist, Springs, N.Y. (1938–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. 95 (as "Deep-Sea Diver's Helmet," 1938–39; lent by the estate of the artist).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Jackson Pollock," July 9–September 3, 1967, no. 95.
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.
Rome. Palazzo Venezia. "Jackson Pollock, opere 1930–1956," April–June 1983, unnumbered cat. (as "Casco da Palombaro," 1930–33; ill.).
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. 2.
Tokyo. The Shoto Museum of Art. "Drawings Jackson Pollock: Loan Exhibition from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," August 20–September 29, 1985, no. 2 (as "Diver's Helmet," c. 1930–33).
Fukuoka Art Museum. "Drawings Jackson Pollock: Loan Exhibition from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 8–27, 1985, no. 2.
Stuttgart. Württembergischer Kunstverein. "Jackson Pollock: Zeichnungen," October 11–December 2, 1990, no. 2 (as "Taucherhelm," ca. 1930–33).
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. 4, no. 387, ill., date it about 1930–33.
Nan Rosenthal. "The Pollock Sketchbooks: An Introduction." The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1997, pp. 15, 23–2, fig. 13, identifies this drawing as a copy of a photograph taken by the Bauhaus–trained Fritz Goro in the May 9, 1938 issue of Life Magazine depicting an abrasives sandblaster wearing a goggled hood to protect him from inhaling sand and dust.
David Anfam inNo Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock Paintings on Paper. Exh. cat., Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin. New York, 2005, p. 30, fig. 15 (color), calls this drawing a "one–off piece"'; claims that this "mask" was a template for constructing dolls' heads; states that it comes from an earlier drawing of a sandblaster's protective helmet that Pollock saw in Life Magazine; relates the image of an actual mask to "veiling" of imagery in later years.
David Anfam. Jackson Pollock's 'Mural': Energy Made Visible. Exh. cat., Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. New York, 2015, pp. 33, 141, no. 13, ill. p. 33 (color).
Jackson Pollock (American, Cody, Wyoming 1912–1956 East Hampton, New York)
ca. 1939–42
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