Jackson Pollock

American (Cody, Wyoming, 1912 - 1956, East Hampton, New York)

Guardians of the Secret

1943
painting | oil on canvas
On view in the museum, second floor
Guardians of the Secret
48 3/8 in. x 75 3/8 in. (122.89 cm x 191.47 cm)
Acquired 1945
Collection SFMOMA
Albert M. Bender Collection, Albert M. Bender Bequest Fund purchase
© Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
45.1308
Keywords

Abstract Expressionist, secrets, cryptic, figures, symbols, pictographs, brush strokes, tombs, altars, mythology, keepers, animals, family, dinner tables


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