Jackson Pollock In Sotheby's 'Number 17a'

The next article was written by Sotheby’s as a biographical piece about the artwork Number 17a. This article entails a biography on Jackson Pollock and how he created some of his works of art to the way he lived his day to day life. Number 17a was created in 1948 with oil paints on fiberboard. Pollock used unusual tools to paint this painting, tools such as trowels, shovels, or other non-contemporary tools. Biographical information on Jackson Pollock in this article originated from texts written by Betty Parsons. Parsons texts teach us about Pollocks personal life, how he lived or how he was viewed in the community. Jackson Pollock was an unusual man, one moment he would be your best friend and then the next he could throw something at you for something you said to him or about him. Betty also tells us about how Pollock would do art shows with his wife and how Betty originally declined the offer because no one usually shows artwork with your spouse. According to Parsons, Pollock also had a drinking problem all throughout his life causing him great strain in his personal relationships.
Pollock fell into multiple categories for painting artworks. At first, he fell into the drip and splash style and later moving into the category of abstract expressionist. Number 17a and other paintings show the randomness of his paintings by the way they display numerous colors splattered onto a canvas or other material for painting. This website for Sotheby’s displays information about both Jackson Pollocks history and the painting Number 17a. Not only did I learn about the artist but also information showing he created other works of art like this one too. Finally, this article also includes information about how the painting was sold at auction for 200 Million dollars just like the other