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Number 20

Number 20

1949

Jackson Pollock

American, 1912-1956

Enamel on paper mounted on Masonite
Image: 28 x 20 in. (71.1 x 50.8 cm)
Framed: 38 x 30 x 2in.
Partial and promised gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2002.66
Provenance: [Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY]; Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ruttenberg, Chicago, IL; [BC Holland & Co., Chicago, IL]; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph I. Goldenberg, Chicago, IL; Private Collection, Japan; Jason McCoy, New York, NY; Jon and Mary Shirley, Medina, WA; partial and promised gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Betty Parsons Gallery, Jackson Pollock, Paintings, November 21 - December 10, 1949

New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University, ca. February 28 - March 23, 1950

Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan, Post-War American Painting, June 28 - August 28, 1950

New York, NY, Museum of Modern Art, Art Lending Service, 1952

New York, NY, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Jackson Pollock, January - February 1964, cat. no. 102

Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago, 27th Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary Art, April 11 - May 21, 1967

Chicago, IL, Museum of Contemporary Art, Modern Masters from Chicago Collections, September 8 - October 22, 1972

Pullman, WA, Washington State University, Museum of Art, "Art & Context: The '50s and '60s," September 29 - December 16, 2006

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle", May 5, 2007 - September 9, 2007

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modernism and Craft, Part 1, March 16, 2013 - March 16, 2014
Published ReferencesO'Connor, Francis V. Thaw, Eugene V. "Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Drawings and Other Works, Volume II, Paintings, 1948 - 1955." New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978, no. 230, p. 53, illus. (b&w)

Bruce, Chris et al. "Art & Context: The '50s and '60s." Pullman: Museum of Art / Washington State University, 2006, p. 28, illus. pp. 16 (det.), 29

Ishikawa, Chiyo, ed. "A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, p. 33, illus. p. 32

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