Pollock Matters

The discovery of 24 never-before-seen Jackson Pollock paintings and additional unknown gouache and enamel drawings sparked an intense controversy in the art world in 2005. Are these in fact authentic works by the abstract expressionist master? Answering in the affirmative are leading Pollock scholar Ellen G. Landau and her co-authors, who here reproduce the paintings for the first time and offer evidence of their authentication. Readers can judge for themselves, while weighing expert testimony about the physics of "drips" and biographical material that sheds new light on the relationship of Jackson Pollock and his wife, the painter Lee Krasner, with artist Mercedes Matter and photographer/graphic designer Herbert Matter, in whose storage locker the works were discovered. With a traveling exhibition set to open in August 2006, the 50th anniversary of Pollock's death, this book arrives at the perfect time to supply additional grist to one of the art world's most interesting ongoing debates.Landau, Ellen G. is the author of 'Pollock Matters ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780810954823 and ISBN 0810954826.