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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1981.20
People
Hans Namuth, American (Essen, Germany 1915 - 1990 East Hampton, New York)
Jackson Pollock, American (Cody, WY 1912 - 1956 East Hampton, NY)
Title
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1950
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303635

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 60.2 x 55.5 cm (23 11/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
image: 50.7 x 48.3 cm (19 15/16 x 19 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, b.r. below image, in black ink: Hans Namuth
  • inscription: yes, recto, below image, black ink, signed, in artist's hand: Jackson Pollock, 1950 10/50 Hans Namuth
  • stamp: recto, b.l. below image, black ink: [artist's stamp]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Lee
Copyright
© Hans Namuth Estate
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
P1981.20
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
  • David Bindman, Suzanne Blier, and Vera Grant, ed., Art of Jazz: Form, Performance, Notes, exh. cat., Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art (Cambridge, MA, 2017), p. 63, ill. (b/w)

Exhibition History

  • Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995
  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Reproduction/Production, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/29/2005 - 04/10/2005
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/20/2008 - 02/08/2009
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/13/2009 - 01/17/2010
  • Art of Jazz: Form, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2016 - 05/08/2016

Verification Level

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