28. Jackson Pollock
1912-1956
Untitled (M31), c. 1950 Unique screenprint in black, on blue wove paper, with margins. Printed by the artist, annotated ‘M31’ in pencil in another hand on the reverse, framed. I. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (21.5 x 13.5 cm) S. 11 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (29.2 x 15.8 cm) Estimate $50,000-70,000 Provenance Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, New York Washburn Gallery, New York Jason McCoy Gallery, New York ACA Galleries, Munich and New York Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne/Berlin, Germany to the present owner Literature see Francis Valentine O’Connor and Eugene Victor Thaw 37 (P7)
Jackson Pollock once recalled, “. . . there was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn’t have any beginning or end. He didn’t mean it as a compliment, but it was. It was a fne compliment.” Pollock’s art catapulted out from the picture plane’s strict confnes and fourished with greater complexity; printmaking provided a venue to test out methods and imagery seen in later paintings. For example, this work, and other experiments in printmaking during the period, anticipated poured paintings and drawings of subsequent years. Likely produced as a New Year’s card for a good friend, this work is comprised of unique elements and was printed directly by the artist.
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