Description
Jackson Pollock – Blue Poles: Number 11
| Year of creation: | 1952 |
| Original size: | 486.8 cm x 210 cm |
| Painting style: | Abstract Expressionism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas with aluminum paint and glass fragments |
| Located: | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Blue Poles: Number 11 – Jackson Pollock
Blue Poles: Number 11 is a painting by Jackson Pollock from 1952: a dense tangle of orange, yellow, white and silver lines is crossed by eight dark blue slanting poles. We paint our hand-painted study of Blue Poles: Number 11 to order on canvas, in oil or acrylic, in 8 sizes from 100 × 50 cm to 487 × 210 cm or in a custom size. Before Blue Poles: Number 11 is dispatched, we send you a photo of the finished painting.
What does Blue Poles: Number 11 show?
In Blue Poles: Number 11, beneath blue poles that stand like a row of stakes, layers of paint in every tone weave together, from warm orange to silver. The original is almost five metres wide; Pollock also mixed aluminium paint and small pieces of glass into it, so the surface glitters in the light. The poles give Blue Poles: Number 11 rhythm and depth, as if looking through a forest towards the light.
How is our hand-painted study of Blue Poles: Number 11 made?
Our painters paint the study of Blue Poles: Number 11 by hand, separately for every order: they build up Pollock’s dripped and poured lines layer by layer with thin, liquid paint, the way the original was made. That is why no two studies of Blue Poles: Number 11 are the same line for line, and the paint stays raised on the canvas in threads and drops that a print does not have. When Blue Poles: Number 11 is finished, we photograph it and send you the photo for approval.
Which size of Blue Poles: Number 11 suits your room?
For the wall above a sofa or a sideboard choose Blue Poles: Number 11 in 130 × 60 cm, and for a bedroom, hallway or work corner 100 × 50 cm. Blue Poles: Number 11 is available in 100 × 50 cm, 130 × 60 cm, 150 × 70 cm, 200 × 90 cm, 250 × 110 cm, 300 × 130 cm, 400 × 170 cm and 487 × 210 cm. A simple rule for Blue Poles: Number 11: it should be about two thirds as wide as the furniture below it, with its centre about 150 cm from the floor.
How does Blue Poles: Number 11 arrive, and when?
We ship Blue Poles: Number 11 rolled in a sturdy tube, stretched on 2.5 cm deep wooden stretcher bars, or framed – you choose when you order. Stretching and framing of Blue Poles: Number 11 are done in our workshop in Slovenia. When a size of Blue Poles: Number 11 is in stock, it reaches you within 6 working days; a study of Blue Poles: Number 11 painted to order reaches you in 15 to 45 days.
Frequently asked questions about Blue Poles: Number 11
Is Blue Poles: Number 11 a print?
No. Every line of Blue Poles: Number 11 is dripped or poured onto the canvas by hand, so the paint visibly stands up from the surface.
Can I order Blue Poles: Number 11 in a size that is not listed?
Yes. We also paint Blue Poles: Number 11 in a custom size; enter the width and height you want when you order Blue Poles: Number 11.
Why is Blue Poles: Number 11 famous in Australia?
In 1973 the National Gallery of Australia bought it for 1.3 million US dollars, at the time a record price for an American painting, which caused a public debate; today it is a celebrated work of the gallery.
Is Blue Poles: Number 11 a good gift?
Blue Poles: Number 11 is a gift for a lover of Pollock, of strong warm colours or of large walls. If you are unsure which size of Blue Poles: Number 11 to choose, give a gift voucher.
