‘Found’ Pollocks apparently fakes
A computer analysis of paintings unveiled last year as previously undiscovered works by abstract artist Jackson Pollock suggests the 32 works are fakes, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation said Thursday.
The foundation, set up under the will of Pollock’s widow, Lee Krasner, said it retained professor Richard Taylor of the University of Oregon’s department of physics to test six of the 32 paintings in question.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Feb. 22, 2006 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday February 22, 2006 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 61 words Type of Material: Correction
Jackson Pollock -- A Quick Takes item in the Feb. 10 Calendar section reported that a computer analysis of paintings unveiled last year as previously undiscovered works by abstract artist Jackson Pollock suggested that the works were fakes. In fact, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, which commissioned the test, will continue its investigation until a final decision on the paintings’ authenticity is made.
Taylor said his study found “significant differences between the patterns of the six paintings ... [and] Pollock’s paintings that we have analyzed.”
Last May, Alex Matter, a filmmaker who knew Pollock from childhood, said he had found the paintings among the possessions of his late parents, who knew Pollock.
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