Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)

Autumn Rhythm
Artist Jackson Pollock
Year 1950 (1950)
Type Enamel paint on canvas
Dimensions 266.7 cm × 525.8 cm (105 in × 207 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) is a 1950 abstract expressionist drip painting by American artist Jackson Pollock.[1][2] The work was purchased in 1957[3] by curator Robert Beverly Hale[4] for the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains on display.[1] The painting consists of chaotic black, white and brown paint patterns on an unpainted canvas background.[5][6]

Pollock originally titled the painting Number 30, believing that titles affected how viewers perceived paintings,[7] but was later retitled Autumn Rhythm'.[8]

Hans Namuth's photographs of Pollock, which culminated in his 1980 book Pollock Painting, included images of Pollock painting Autumn Rhythm, which revealed that the painting was largely painted right-to-left.[9]

Researchers looking at the underlying fractal geometry of Pollock's work have estimated the fractal dimension of the drip patterns in Autumn Rhythm at 1.67.[10][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ↑ May, Lary (1989). Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cold War. University of Chicago Press. p. 197. ISBN 9780226511764.
  3. ↑ "Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Gross, Michael (2009-05-05). Rogues' Gallery: The Secret Story of the Lust, Lies, Greed, and Betrayals That Made the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Crown Publishing Group. pp. 227–. ISBN 9780767931458. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 Casti, J.; Karlqvist, A. (2003-02-19). Art and Complexity. Elsevier. pp. 137–. ISBN 9780080527581. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Schrank, Brian (2014-04-18). Avant-garde Videogames: Playing with Technoculture. MIT Press. pp. 31–. ISBN 9780262027144. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. ↑ Mattern, Joanne (2005-01-01). Jackson Pollock. ABDO. pp. 25–. ISBN 9781616138660. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Grigely, Joseph (1995). Textualterity: Art, Theory, and Textual Criticism. University of Michigan Press. pp. 175–. ISBN 9780472105793. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Bohm-Duchen, Monica (2001). The Private Life of a Masterpiece. University of California Press. pp. 218–. ISBN 9780520233782. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Taylor et al. (June 2000). "Fractal expressionism" (PDF). Physics World. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
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