the artist, Springs, N.Y. (until d.1956; his estate, New York, 1956–62); Lee Krasner Pollock, New York (1962–d.1984; her estate, New York, 1984–90; sold to MMA)
Hartford, Conn. Wadsworth Atheneum. "Continuity and Change: 45 American Abstract Painters and Sculptors," April 12–May 27, 1962, no. 116 (as “Two Sketch Books,” c. 1931–34, lent by Lee Krasner Pollock).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Jackson Pollock: Early Sketchbooks and Drawings," October 21, 1997–February 8, 1998, no catalogue.
New York. Robert Miller Gallery. "Dialogue: Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock," December 8, 2005–January 28, 2006, not in catalogue.
Florence. Palazzo Vecchio. "Jackson Pollock: The Figure of the Fury," April 16–July 27, 2014, unnumbered cat. (p. 15).
Bryan Robertson. Jackson Pollock. New York, 1960, p. 97, pl. 96.
Clement Greenberg. "The Jackson Pollock Market Soars." New York Times (April 16, 1961), p. SM43, ill., dates it ca. 1931–34; states that it is a sketch after Michelangelo that demonstrates Pollock's proficiency in drawing.
Francis V. O'Connor. "The Genesis of Jackson Pollock, 1912 to 1943." PhD diss., Johns Hopkins University, 1965, p. 139, pl. 13, identifies this drawing as a study after an ignudi from Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel, adding that Pollock's figures' "rippling muscles" are exaggerated for expressive purposes.
Mervyn Levy, ed. The Artist and the Nude: An Anthology of Drawings. New York, 1965, pl. 23.
Vivien Raynor. "Jackson Pollock in Retrospect–'He Broke the Ice'." New York Times (April 2, 1967), ill. p. 60, dates it about 1931–34.
Alberto Busignani. Pollock. New York, 1971, p. 12, fig. 2, calls it "Michaelangelo Nude" and dates it ca. 1931–34.
Italo Tomassoni. Pollock. New York, 1978, p. 31, ill. p. 18, reproduces it alongside another sketch (MMA 1990.4.50) as "Two Nudes," 1931–34.
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. 52, no. 450, ill., date it ca. 1937–38; identify this work as copied from a figure near "Sacrifice of Noah" on the Sistine Chapel.
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. Jackson Pollock: An American Saga. New York, 1989, p. 165, ill.
Katharine Baetjer. "Pollock Interprets the Old Masters: Sketchbooks I and II." The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1997, pp. 44–45, 57 n. 12, p. 86, no. II:23r.
Carmen C. Bambach inJackson Pollock: The Figure of the Fury. Ed. Sergio Risaliti with Francesca Campana Comparini. Exh. cat., Palazzo Vecchio. Florence, 2014, p. 95, ill. (color) pp. 15, 130, and front cover.
Jackson Pollock (American, Cody, Wyoming 1912–1956 East Hampton, New York)
ca. 1938–39
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