Untitled
Jackson Pollock
American, 1912–1956
c. 1943–44
A small screenprint by Jackson Pollock that translates his spontaneous, gestural marks into crude, biomorphic outlines brushed across a vivid green ground, testing how his action-oriented vocabulary works in print form.
You first notice the electric yellow-green field pierced by dark, uneven, calligraphic lines that read like enlarged childlike features—eyes, a mouth, an ear—whose nervous, scraped rhythms make your gaze jump and search the surface.
Executed during Pollock’s early print experiments, the work shows how he adapted Surrealist automatism and action-painting gestures to a graphic medium, helping to push Abstract Expressionism beyond the single canvas into reproducible, print-based forms.
Medium
Screenprint
Dimensions
composition and sheet: 8 1/4 x 5 1/2" (21 x 14cm)
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Department
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, in honor of Lily Auchincloss
Accession
50.1996
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