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Jackson Pollock Summertime Number 9A 1948
Jackson Pollock
Summertime Number 9A 1948
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002
Oil, enamel and house paint on canvas
848 mm x 5500 mm
Summertime Number 9A 1948
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002
Oil, enamel and house paint on canvas
848 mm x 5500 mm
Read transcriptSummertime Number 9A is a great example of Pollock's infamous technique of dripping and pouring paint over large canvases placed flat on the ground. The success of this process relied to a large extent on his use of housepaints and other industrial coatings.
Detail one
A detail of the right panel taken with light raking across the surface of the painting from the right side.
This raking-light detail (lit from the right) comes from an area towards the far right hand side of the painting, and shows clear differences in texture between the yellow, blue, green and purple oil paints and black and silver/grey housepaint. The housepaints can also be seen to be slightly wrinkled in some areas and cracked in others.
Detail two
This raking-light detail (lit from the right) comes from the lower edge of the painting, approximately a third of the way in from the left. Much broader areas of the black and silver/grey housepaints are visible with distinct wrinkling in several places. The lower edge contains a number of different colours of oil paint, applied in a more traditional manner (ie with a brush) than the pouring technique for which Pollock became famous.
Detail three
This is a much closer detail of an area just above detail 1. The lighting is less raking than the other 2 details and so colour rendition is more accurate. The white cotton canvas is clearly visible as are differences in the paint's surface.