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Research Collections > Image Gallery > Jackson Pollock with his painting Untitled Number 32

Jackson Pollock with his painting Untitled Number 32, 1954

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; image 26 x 20 on paper 31 x 23 cm.

Creator: Hans Namuth (1915-1990), photographer

Description: Painting has been identified as Untitled Number 32, 1950.

Inscription on verso incorrect regarding year of completion.
Inscription on verso (handwritten): Technic is the result of need - new needs demand new technics - total control - denial of the accident - states of order - organic intensity - energy and motion made visible - memories arrested in space, human needs and motives - acceptance - Jackson Pollock
Painting completed in 1953.

Forms part of: Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1905-1984

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: Jackson Pollock with his painting Untitled Number 32, 1954 / Hans Namuth, photographer. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 3885

Subjects:

  • Artists at or with their work
  • Painting
  • Pollock, Jackson

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