Jackson Pollock letter

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Jackson Pollock letter

[ca. 1935]

A letter to Rita [Benton], n.d., saying that he painted a "pretty good plate" that cracked in the fire, and that he will make and send another. He mentions Christmas dinner and wishes a happy New Year. He adds that Tolegian just painted "the best thing he ever did- a moon scene with stars."

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Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956

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Jackson Pollock was born in 1912, in Cody, Wyoming, the youngest of five sons. His family moved several times during his childhood, finally settling in Los Angeles. In 1930 he joined his older brother, Charles, in New York City, and studied with Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League of New York. Pollock worked during the 1930s for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. During 1936 he worked in artist David Alfaro Siqueiros's Experimental Workshop. In...

Benton, Rita

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Tolegian, Manuel J. (Manuel Jerair), 1911-1983

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Painter; Sherman Oaks, Calif.; b. 1911. From the description of Manuel J. Tolegian interview, 1965 Feb. 12 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394283 Painter; Sherman Oaks, California. Born 1911. From the description of Manuel J. Tolegian interview, 1965 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220197110 Manuel J. Tolegian (1911-1983) was a painter from Sherman Oaks, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with M...