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Enamel and aluminum paint with glass on canvas. Movement. Abstract expressionism. Dimensions. 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.
- 212.1 cm × 488.9 cm (83.5 in × 192.5 in)
- Jackson Pollock
- 1952
Oct 14, 2023 · Number 11 or Blue Poles (1952), is possibly one of Jackson Pollock’s most recognized art works. Featuring embedded shards of glass, footprints and enamel and aluminum paint poured and dripped onto the canvas, this painting was originally known as Blue Poles.
Blue poles was first exhibited as ‘Number 11, 1952’ in Pollock’s solo show at Sidney Janis Gallery in New York in November 1952. Two years later, he gave it the descriptive title ‘Blue poles’, which refers to the eight dark vertical stripes that interrupt the swirling surface.
Dimensions: 212.1 x 488.2 cm. Share: Article. 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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Blue Poles. Blue Poles, or Number 11, 1952, contains shoe and footprints and even shards of glass embedded in canvas - telling traces of Pollock's vigorous working methods and turbulent life. During the period he painted Blue Poles he was drinking in binges, though Krasner has stated that the painting took a great deal of time and was not the ...
4 Dec 03 – 22 Feb 04. Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952. On loan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Gallery of Australia. Painted relatively late in Jackson Pollock’s career, this painting conveys the unique skill that Pollock had by now achieved with his infamous ‘drip’ technique.
