Abstract composition of black and white lines made up of drips and splatters crossing each other in chaotic webs on a textured backdrop of layered red, blue and yellow.
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Jackson Pollock

Magic Lantern
Now On View

Maker

Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956)

Title

Magic Lantern

Year

1947

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

aluminum paint, enamel, oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

108.9 x 55.2 cm (42 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed lower center and on reverse:Pollock 47

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim

Object Number

54.005

Type

Exhibition History

The New York School
Aaron Siskind in Context
Nov 07, 2003 – Jan 25, 2004

Label copy

The fact that good European moderns are now here is very important, for they bring with them an understanding of the problems of modern painting. I am particularly impressed with their concept of the source of art being the unconscious. This idea interests me more than these specific painters do, for the two artists I admire most, Picasso and Miró, are still abroad.

(Pollock, in Arts and Architecture [February 1944], p. 14)

Sign Language
Twentieth-Century Painting from the Permanent Collection
Jun 23, 2000 – Oct 29, 2000
The Moderns
Twentieth-Century Art from the Permanent Collection
Aug 06, 1993 – Mar 13, 1994

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Tombstone

Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956)
Magic Lantern, 1947
Oil, enamel, and carpet tacks on canvas
108.9 x 55.2 cm (42 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim 54.005

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