Pollock: One: Number 31, 1950: MoMA One on One Series

By: Charles Stuckey

Book Overview

In the late 1940s, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), now recognized as one of the most important Abstract Expressionist artists, began experimenting with a new method of painting that involved dripping, flinging and pouring paint onto a canvas laid flat directly on the floor. This process engaged his entire body, and the resulting images were an index of the antic dancing energy he expended to create these works. "One: Number 31" (1950), among the handful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870708481
• ISBN13: 9780870708480
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.0"