Jackson Pollock

Beskrivning

Moderna Museet, Stockholm. 1963. (Moderna Museets utställningskatalog. Nr. 27). 34 pages, no pagination. 22 black and white, 3 pasted-in colour illustrations. Biography, bibliography, catalogue in the appendix. 24 x 20 cm, perfect-bound cardboard brochure, gauze still visible on the spine, glued-on spine label ”Pollock”. Unusually fine copy of a fragile catalogue. Cover using photos of Hans Namouth Pollock in his studio (front) and portrait (back). Catalogue section on red canton. Exhibition: Stockholm, Moderna Museet, 27 Feb. – 15 Apr. 1963 (27000 visitors). (Lutz Jahre 11 – 1963).

Seven years after Pollock’s death, 106 works from his collection were wife, Lee Krasner, in Stockholm. The Moderna Museet had been trying for a long time to organize a Pollock exhibition. The exhibition was then arranged in 1963 with the help of F. L. Lloyd of the Marlborough Fine Art Gallery, London. It was the first time that Pollock’s paintings had been shown on such a large scale in Scandinavia. Pollock’s short creative period, which was limited by his early death, was represented by works from 1933 to 1956, including some large formats such as No. 32 (1950, 269 x 457 cm).

The design of the catalogue is rather unusual: the illustrations on the front cover are arranged in a landscape format sequence, against the reading direction. With only 34 pages, the spine is only one centimetre wide. The use of cardboard pages with a solid structure is comparable to the design of picture books for children; a few plates with illustrations are put together to form a solid book.