Number 11, 1952

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Number 11, 1952 is a major abstract expressionist painting by Jackson Pollock, renowned for its dynamic drip technique and later popularly titled "Blue Poles."

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Number 11, 1952 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract expressionist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
acquisitionBy National Gallery of Australia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Blue Poles ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
artHistoricalContext post–World War II American art ⓘ
artworkSurface canvas ⓘ
associatedWith New York art scene of the 1950s ⓘ
action painting movement ⓘ
linked to: Action painting
catalogueReason originally catalogued by number and year ⓘ
collection National Gallery of Australia collection ⓘ
colorDominant blue ⓘ
countryOfCollection Australia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Jackson Pollock ⓘ
creatorNationality American ⓘ
depicts non-figurative abstract forms ⓘ
describedAs iconic example of drip technique ⓘ
major work of Jackson Pollock ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn perception of American abstract expressionism in Australia ⓘ
hasPart blue vertical poles motif ⓘ
hasType large-scale canvas ⓘ
inception 1952 ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
laterTitle Blue Poles ⓘ
location National Gallery of Australia ⓘ
materialUsed aluminium paint ⓘ
canvas ⓘ
enamel paint ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement Abstract expressionism ⓘ
movementAssociatedWith New York School ⓘ
notableFor complex layered composition ⓘ
controversial acquisition cost in Australia ⓘ
dynamic drip technique ⓘ
owner National Gallery of Australia ⓘ
paintingTechnique action painting ⓘ
drip painting ⓘ
partOf Jackson Pollock oeuvre ⓘ
linked to: Jackson Pollock
popularTitle Blue Poles ⓘ
significance landmark of Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
style gestural abstraction ⓘ
subjectHeading Abstract expressionism—United States—20th century ⓘ
title Number 11, 1952 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) → alsoKnownAs → Number 11, 1952 ⓘ
Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) → alsoKnownAs → Number 11, 1952 ⓘ
Blue Poles → hasReferenceNumber → Number 11, 1952 ⓘ
Number 11, 1952 → title → Number 11, 1952 ⓘ