Menemsha Pond
Artist
Jackson Pollock
(American, 1912 - 1956)
Date1934
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsUnframed: 8 x 10 inches (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Framed: 11 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (29.21 x 34.29 cm)
Framed: 11 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (29.21 x 34.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Rita P. Benton
Object numberF74-10/2
SignedNone
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DescriptionWithin oval format, turbulent meeting of land and water. Lone tree at center bottom, and one-sail boat with red figure on waters. Land runs across bottom edge and curves around into the background meeting a stormy sky of black, gree, and ochre. Bright orange sun on the horizon surrounded by small area of blue sky.Gallery LabelThese dynamic, undulating landscapes seem quite different from the poured and dripped paintings that made Jackson Pollock famous. Instead, they resemble the work of Thomas Hart Benton. Benton was Pollock’s teacher at the Art Students League in New York City in the early 1930s. He gave Pollock his first formal training in painting and was influential in Pollock’s personal and professional life for the next decade. Pollock later developed his own unique approach to painting. The expression of rhythmic motion in these landscapes, however, suggests a connection between his early training and the energetic style of his later work.
Copyright© Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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