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ID: 700008349
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008349
Record Type: Movable Work
Mural (painting (visual work); Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956); 1943; University of Iowa Museum of Art (Iowa City, Johnson county,...)
Note: The work was commissioned in 1943 by art collector and dealer Peggy Guggenheim for the entry to her New York City apartment.
Titles:
Mural (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1943

Creator Display:
Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956) [preferred,VP]
patron Guggenheim, Peggy (American collector, 1898-1979) [500117879]
artist Pollock, Jackson (American painter, 1912-1956) [500015134]
Locations:
Other: Creation:
Current: University of Iowa Museum of Art (Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa, United States) [500300545] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Display Materials: oil on canvas
oil paint (paint) [300015050]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)
canvas (textile material) [300014078]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)
wet on wet [300389854]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)
wet on dry [300389855]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)

Dimensions: 97.25 x 238 in (247 x 605 cm)
Events:
exhibition: 2014 Los Angeles [7023900] (Los Angeles county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet))

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Abstract Expressionist [300022099] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:
nonrepresentational art (preferred)

Provenance: Donated to the institution in 1953.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Mural........ [VP]
........ University of Iowa Museum of Art [online] (2014-) accessed 22 January 2014
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
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