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The last monumental abstract painting by American artist Jackson Pollock, Blue poles became part of Australia's emerging national art collection in 1973 amid much controversy. Painted four years before the artist's death in 1956, the purchase price of US$2 million (then equivalent to A$1.3 million) set a new record for Pollock and was, at the time, the most expensive American painting ever.
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Jackson Pollock's monumental painting Blue poles is recognised today as an Abstract Expressionist masterpiece. The work is a prime example of his unique approach to action painting. He started Blue poles in 1952 by working on the floor of his studio, a converted barn on Long Island in the United States of America. It was painted on a large roll of prepared canvas using commercially produced.
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Location: National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, Australia. Dimensions: 212.1 x 488.2 cm. More properly known as Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952, this painting is considered Pollock's most important work. In 1973, it was purchased at auction for $2 million dollars, which at the time was the highest price ever paid for a painting at auction.
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Documentary directed by Alison ChernickThe last monumental abstract painting by American artist Jackson Pollock, 'Blue poles' 1952 became part of Australia's.
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painting (except the cost). Blue Poles is a genuine monument in the history of modern painting, but it cannot be appreciated without some understand ing of the artist and his work. Jackson Pollock was one of the pioneer painters in a post World War II. school of art loosely termed "Abstract Expressionism".
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But in 1973 Mollison's former boss, Australian art dealer Max Hutchinson, wrote to him from New York, telling him Jackson Pollock's Blue poles was for sale. New York property mogul Ben Heller.
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MoMA.org | Interactives | Exhibitions | 1998 | Jackson Pollock | Blue Poles. Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952. Enamel and aluminum paint with glass on canvas, 6' 10 7/8" x 15' 11 5/8" (210 x 486.8 cm). National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
On Jackson Pollock’s controversial abstract painting ‘Blue Poles’
The focus exhibition Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles, at the Gallery from 4 October 2002 until 27 January 2003, commemorates the painting's 50th anniversary, and explores the meaning of Blue Poles by placing it within the broader development of the artist's work. Paintings, drawings and prints by Pollock from the Gallery's collection will.
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Blue Poles, originally titled Number 11, 1952, is an abstract expressionist painting and one of the most famous works by Jackson Pollock. It was purchased amid controversy by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973 and today remains one of the gallery's major holdings. At the time of the painting's creation, Pollock preferred not to assign.
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212.1 cm × 488.9 cm (83.5 in × 192.5 in) Location. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Blue Poles, also known as Number 11, 1952 is an abstract expressionist painting by American artist Jackson Pollock. It was purchased amid controversy by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973 and today remains one of the gallery's major paintings.
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So when it emerged that the also new National Gallery of Australia in Canberra had paid AU$1.3m (HK$6.5m) for a painting by an American artist, Jackson Pollock's 1952 work Blue Poles, which looked someone had laid the canvas on the floor and poured, dribbled and flecked house paint all over it, the public and popular media reacted as if they.
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Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock has dimensions of 212.1 × 488.9 centimeters (83.5 × 192.5 inches). 7. The painting held a remarkable record in the early 1970s. Giving the title a specific name wasn't the only controversy surrounding this amazing work of art. The sale of the painting in the early 1970s was arguably a lot more controversial.
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Legacy of Blue Poles. Blue Poles is the most viewed artwork at the National Gallery of Australia. The gallery has only lent the painting to other institutions twice (to MoMA in 1998-99 and the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 2016). In 2016 Blue Poles was estimated to be worth $350 million, which means it has increased in value more than 30-fold.
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Jackson Pollock's Blue poles 1952 has gone under the microscope for its most comprehensive conservation project to date.Rarely off display since the National.
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Jackson Pollock's Blue poles 1952 has gone under the microscope for its most comprehensive conservation project to date. Rarely off display since the National Gallery opened in 1982, the Gallery closure in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic has given us the opportunity for the first in-depth research, analysis, and major conservation treatment of Blue poles since its acquisition in 1973.
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Blue Poles. In 1952 Pollock was in an experimental stage in his career where his choice of medium for his work was becoming more and more varied. Number 11, or Blue Poles as it is now known features fragments of glass inserted into areas of paint. The artist was also using sand at this time too, ensuring each artwork differs from the next.