Pollock Matters
Distributed for the Mcmullen Museum of Art, Boston College
178 pages
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282 color plates
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11 x 11
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Table of Contents

Contents
Director’s Preface
Nancy Netzer
Introduction
Claude Cernuschi and Ellen G. Landau
Action/Re-Action: The Artistic Friendship of Herbert Matter and Jackson Pollock
Ellen G. Landau
Jackson Pollock’s Vitalism: Herbert Matter and the Vitalist Tradition
Jonathan D. Katz
Cutting Pollock Down to Size: The Boundaries of the Poured Technique
Claude Cernuschi and Andrzej Herczynski
Abstract Expressionism and Fractal Geometry
Claude Cernuschi, Andrzej Herczynski, and David Martin
Scientific Examination of the Paint on Nine Matter Paintings
Richard Newman and Michele Derrick
Analyzing Jackson Pollock: Scientific Methods and the Study of the Matter Paintings
Nicholas Eastaugh
What It Says on the Tin: A Preliminary Study of the Set of Paint Cans and the Floor in the Pollock-Krasner Studio
Nicholas Eastaugh and Bhavini Gorsia
Fingerprinting Jackson Pollock?
Peter Paul Biro
Appendix I: Notes on Conservation of the Matter Paintings
Appendix II: Chronology of the Relationship of the Matters and Pollocks
Prepared with the assistance of Nancy Cohen, Jeffrey Head, and Michael R. Weil, Jr.
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