Artist Monograph

Jackson Pollock, American

American, 1912–1956

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Engraving 34 38.2%
Oil Painting 18 20.2%
Screenprint 17 19.1%
Drawing 8 9%
Gouache 5 5.6%
Lithography 4 4.5%
Watercolor 1 1.1%
Other Media 1 1.1%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 70 78.7%
Painting & Sculpture 19 21.3%

Production by Decade

12
1930s
57
1940s
20
1950s

Classification Types

  • Print — 57
  • Painting — 19
  • Drawing — 13

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)2022.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)5764.8%
Large (1–3 m)1011.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)11.1%

Range: 20.0 cm → 530.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19441
19501
19521
19571
19582
19591
19672
19682
196919
197026
19772
19781
198011
19822
19836
19932
19969

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 4, 401" — 2
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 509" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 2, 215" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 4, 405" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 521" — 1

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas