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Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)
Oil on canvas drip painting by Jackson Pollock, 1950. 266.7 × 525.8 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. One of the largest and most celebrated of Pollock's drip paintings, produced during the peak of his 'classic' period (1947–1950).
Scholarly Significance
Abstract Expressionism — Pollock's largest drip painting and a canonical example of all-over action painting.
Notes
- ·Produced in Pollock's studio barn in East Hampton, New York, in the autumn of 1950.
- ·Painted using his characteristic drip/pour technique: canvas laid flat on the floor, paint poured and flung from sticks, brushes, and cans.
- ·The 'Number' series titles were assigned by Pollock to avoid descriptive pre-conception; 'Autumn Rhythm' was added later at the suggestion of his dealer.
- ·Hans Namuth's photographs and film of Pollock working on Number 31 (One: Number 31, 1950 — now at MoMA) documented the method and became iconic images.
- ·Acquired by the Met in 1957, two years after Pollock's death; considered one of the finest examples of his all-over composition.