Number 11, 1952

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Number 11, 1952 is a major abstract expressionist painting by Jackson Pollock, renowned for its dynamic drip technique and later popularly titled "Blue Poles."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract expressionist painting
painting
acquisitionBy National Gallery of Australia
alsoKnownAs Blue Poles
artForm painting
artHistoricalContext post–World War II American art
artworkSurface canvas
associatedWith New York art scene of the 1950s
Action painting
surface form: action painting movement
catalogueReason originally catalogued by number and year
collection National Gallery of Australia
surface form: National Gallery of Australia collection
colorDominant blue
countryOfCollection Australia
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Jackson Pollock
creatorNationality American
depicts non-figurative abstract forms
describedAs iconic example of drip technique
major work of Jackson Pollock
genre abstract art
hasInfluenceOn perception of American abstract expressionism in Australia
hasPart blue vertical poles motif
hasType large-scale canvas
inception 1952
languageOfTitle English
laterTitle Blue Poles
location National Gallery of Australia
materialUsed aluminium paint
canvas
enamel paint
oil paint
movement Abstract expressionism
movementAssociatedWith New York School
notableFor complex layered composition
controversial acquisition cost in Australia
dynamic drip technique
owner National Gallery of Australia
paintingTechnique action painting
drip painting
partOf Jackson Pollock
surface form: Jackson Pollock oeuvre
popularTitle Blue Poles
significance landmark of Abstract Expressionism
style gestural abstraction
subjectHeading Abstract expressionism—United States—20th century
title Number 11, 1952 self-link

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