48 Jackson Pollock, Untitled (Naked Man with Knife), c. 1938–41

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Description: Untitled (Naked Man with Knife)

TitleUntitled (Naked Man with Knife)

Creator namePollock, Jackson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1938–1940

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions53 1/16 x 39 in. (134.7 x 99 cm)

LocationTate, London

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/pollock-naked-man-with-knife-t03327

Accession numberT03327

SubjectsViolence in artPainting, American--20th centuryPainting, Abstract--United StatesAbstract expressionism--United States

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Reinventing Muralism: Pollock, Mexican Art, and the Origins of Action Painting

Ellen G. Landau

Mexico and American Modernism

Prodded by interviewers to reminisce about the start of her relationship with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner invariably mentioned the continuing impact of Mexican muralism on her future husband and...

Author

Ellen G. Landau

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.62-87

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00082.006

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Chapter subject tags:Modernism (Art)Abstract expressionismPollock, Jackson, 1912-1956Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949

1. The Abstract Expressionist Hero

Ann Eden Gibson

Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics

JACKSON POLLOCK PEERS from a dark interior over a foreground crowded with cans of paint, squinting warily at readers from the pages of the 9 November 1959 issue of Life magazine (fig. 2). Despite its title, “Baffling U.S. Art,” the article accompanying the photograph calls Pollock’s work the most influential in the world and credits him with having created a style that was “tense, explosive, mysterious, and altogether new.” The tone of the posthumous article (Pollock died in an automobile …

Author

Ann Eden Gibson

PublisherYale University Press

CopyrightYale University Press 1999

Related print edition pages: pp.1-17

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00006.005

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Chapter subject tags:Abstract expressionism--United StatesGender identity in artPollock, Jackson, 1912-1956Motherwell, RobertMasculinity in artKrasner, Lee, 1908-1984Art criticism--United States--History--20th centuryGreenberg, Clement, 1909-1994Sexual minorities in artSmith, David, 1906-1965

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