Blue Poles

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Blue Poles is a famous abstract expressionist painting by Jackson Pollock, renowned for its dynamic drip technique and bold linear structures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract expressionist painting
painting
acquisitionBy National Gallery of Australia
acquisitionType purchase
acquisitionYear 1973
alsoKnownAs Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952)
surface form: Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952
artHistoricalSignificance iconic example of Abstract Expressionism
major work of Jackson Pollock
artStyle drip painting
collection National Gallery of Australia
completionDate 1952
controversy purchase price controversy in Australia
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Jackson Pollock
depicts abstract forms
dominantColor black
blue
orange
white
yellow
estimatedCostAtPurchase about US$2 million
exhibitionType permanent display
feature bold linear structures
genre Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism
hasPart eight prominent blue vertical poles
hasReferenceNumber Number 11, 1952
height 212.1 cm
inception 1952
influencedByMovement Action painting
New York School
locatedIn Canberra
locatedInCountry Australia
location National Gallery of Australia
materialUsed enamel paint
oil paint
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism
orientation landscape format
paintingSurface canvas
period late Pollock period
subjectMatter non-representational
support canvas
technique drip technique
pouring
splattering
title Blue Poles self-link
width 488.9 cm

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Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) by Jackson Pollock title Blue Poles
subject surface form: Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952)
Blue Poles title Blue Poles self-link
Number 11, 1952 alsoKnownAs Blue Poles
Number 11, 1952 popularTitle Blue Poles
Number 11, 1952 laterTitle Blue Poles