Sunday, July 3, 2022

Number 17A by Jackson Pollock

The painting was sold to hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin with price tag $200 million. It was owned previously by David Lawrence Geffen, an American businessman.

This famous painting is a drip painting, which is made by splashing the paint over a surface laid horizontally with oil paint on a fiberboard. It was painted a year after Jackson Pollock introduced his famous drip technique. This 1948 piece was featured in a 1949 Life magazine article that helped make Jackson Pollock a household name.
Number 17A by Jackson Pollock
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