Jackson Pollock
signed "J. Pollock" lower left; titled "Constellation" on the stretcher; signed and dated "Jackson Pollock 46" on the reverse
oil on canvas
22 x 18 1/8 in. (55.9 x 46 cm)
Painted in 1946, in the United States.
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Provenance:
Art of This Century, New York
Peggy Guggenheim, Venice
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rosenberg, New York
Stephen Mazoh, Rhinebeck
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited:
New York, Art of This Century, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock,u003c/emu003e January 14–February 1, 1947, no. 13, n.p.
Montclair Art Museum, u003cemu003eThe Harold and May Rosenberg Collection,u003c/emu003e February 4–March 25, 1973, no. 49, n.p.
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery; Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts; The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock: New-Found Works,u003c/emu003e October 5, 1978–May 6, 1979, no. 73, n.p.
Poughkeepsie, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College (long term loan 1993–2008)
Los Angeles, Tokoro Gallery, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock,u003c/emu003e 1989
New York, Haunch of Venison, u003cemu003eAbstract Expressionism: A World Elsewhere,u003c/emu003e September 12–November 12, 2008, no. 35, pp. 86, 148 (illustrated, p. 86)
New York, Jason McCoy Gallery,u003cemu003e 70 Years of Abstract Painting: Excerpts,u003c/emu003e April 6–May 20, 2011
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art,u003cemu003e Jackson Pollock: A Centennial Retrospective, u003c/emu003eNovember 11, 2011–May 6, 2012, no. 36, pp. 82–83 (illustrated, p. 82; detail illustrated, p. 83)
Poughkeepsie, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College (long term loan 2008–2013)
New York, Jason McCoy Gallery, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock: A Centennial Exhibition,u003c/emu003e November 5–December 14, 2012, no. 13, pp. 26, 39 (illustrated, p. 26)
Kunstmuseum Basel, u003cemu003eThe Figurative Pollock,u003c/emu003e October 2, 2016–January 22, 2017, no. 84, pp. 74, 198–199 (illustrated, pp. 74, 199)
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection,u003cemu003e Ten Americans: After Paul Klee,u003c/emu003e September 15, 2017–May 6, 2018, pp. 188, 238 (illustrated, p. 188)
Literature:
Harold Rosenberg, "After Next, What?" u003cemu003eArt in America,u003c/emu003e vol. 52, no. 2, April 1964, p. 69 (illustrated)
Harold Rosenberg, u003cemu003eThe Anxious Object: Art Today and Its Audience,u003c/emu003e New York, 1964, p. 83
Francis Valentine O'Connor, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock, u003c/emu003eNew York, 1967, p. 40
Francis Valentine O'Connor and Eugene Victor Thaw, eds.,u003cemu003e Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works, Volume 1: Paintings, 1930-1947, Catalogue Numbers 1–185,u003c/emu003e New Haven and London, 1978, no. 154, pl. 23, p. 146 (illustrated)
Kirsten A. Hoving, "Jackson Pollock's "Galaxy": Outer Space and Artist's Space in Pollock's Cosmic Paintings,"u003cemu003e American Art,u003c/emu003e vol. 16, no. 1, Spring 2002, fig. 2, pp. 84–85 (illustrated, p. 85)
Lynn Maliszewski, "A Perceptual Dance Party for Your Eyes," u003cemu003eHyperallergic,u003c/emu003e May 26, 2011, online (James McCoy Gallery, New York, 2011 installation view illustrated)
Jason Andrew, "Jackson Pollock and John Cage: An American Odd Couple," u003cemu003eHyperallergic,u003c/emu003e December 3, 2012, online (Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, 2012 installation view illustrated)
signed "J. Pollock" lower left; titled "Constellation" on the stretcher; signed and dated "Jackson Pollock 46" on the reverse
oil on canvas
22 x 18 1/8 in. (55.9 x 46 cm)
Painted in 1946, in the United States.
Priority Bidding is here! Secure a lower Buyer's Premium. Learn more >
Provenance:
Art of This Century, New York
Peggy Guggenheim, Venice
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rosenberg, New York
Stephen Mazoh, Rhinebeck
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited:
New York, Art of This Century, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock,u003c/emu003e January 14–February 1, 1947, no. 13, n.p.
Montclair Art Museum, u003cemu003eThe Harold and May Rosenberg Collection,u003c/emu003e February 4–March 25, 1973, no. 49, n.p.
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery; Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts; The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock: New-Found Works,u003c/emu003e October 5, 1978–May 6, 1979, no. 73, n.p.
Poughkeepsie, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College (long term loan 1993–2008)
Los Angeles, Tokoro Gallery, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock,u003c/emu003e 1989
New York, Haunch of Venison, u003cemu003eAbstract Expressionism: A World Elsewhere,u003c/emu003e September 12–November 12, 2008, no. 35, pp. 86, 148 (illustrated, p. 86)
New York, Jason McCoy Gallery,u003cemu003e 70 Years of Abstract Painting: Excerpts,u003c/emu003e April 6–May 20, 2011
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art,u003cemu003e Jackson Pollock: A Centennial Retrospective, u003c/emu003eNovember 11, 2011–May 6, 2012, no. 36, pp. 82–83 (illustrated, p. 82; detail illustrated, p. 83)
Poughkeepsie, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College (long term loan 2008–2013)
New York, Jason McCoy Gallery, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock: A Centennial Exhibition,u003c/emu003e November 5–December 14, 2012, no. 13, pp. 26, 39 (illustrated, p. 26)
Kunstmuseum Basel, u003cemu003eThe Figurative Pollock,u003c/emu003e October 2, 2016–January 22, 2017, no. 84, pp. 74, 198–199 (illustrated, pp. 74, 199)
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection,u003cemu003e Ten Americans: After Paul Klee,u003c/emu003e September 15, 2017–May 6, 2018, pp. 188, 238 (illustrated, p. 188)
Literature:
Harold Rosenberg, "After Next, What?" u003cemu003eArt in America,u003c/emu003e vol. 52, no. 2, April 1964, p. 69 (illustrated)
Harold Rosenberg, u003cemu003eThe Anxious Object: Art Today and Its Audience,u003c/emu003e New York, 1964, p. 83
Francis Valentine O'Connor, u003cemu003eJackson Pollock, u003c/emu003eNew York, 1967, p. 40
Francis Valentine O'Connor and Eugene Victor Thaw, eds.,u003cemu003e Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works, Volume 1: Paintings, 1930-1947, Catalogue Numbers 1–185,u003c/emu003e New Haven and London, 1978, no. 154, pl. 23, p. 146 (illustrated)
Kirsten A. Hoving, "Jackson Pollock's "Galaxy": Outer Space and Artist's Space in Pollock's Cosmic Paintings,"u003cemu003e American Art,u003c/emu003e vol. 16, no. 1, Spring 2002, fig. 2, pp. 84–85 (illustrated, p. 85)
Lynn Maliszewski, "A Perceptual Dance Party for Your Eyes," u003cemu003eHyperallergic,u003c/emu003e May 26, 2011, online (James McCoy Gallery, New York, 2011 installation view illustrated)
Jason Andrew, "Jackson Pollock and John Cage: An American Odd Couple," u003cemu003eHyperallergic,u003c/emu003e December 3, 2012, online (Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, 2012 installation view illustrated)
