The Wonderful World of Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock's Number 5 painting was done on an 8' x 4' sheet of fiberboard, with thick amounts of brown and yellow paint drizzled on top of it, forming a nest-like appearance. As though the paint is physically jumping off the board. It was originally owned by Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr. and displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York before being sold to David Geffen and then allegedly to David Martinez in 2006. According to a report in The New York Times on November 2, 2006, the painting was sold by David Geffen, who was the co-founder of Dreamworks SKG, to David Martinez.

Blue Poles, also known as Number 11, 1952 is an abstract expressionist painting. It was purchased amid controversy by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973 and today remains one of the gallery's major paintings. The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) purchased Blue Poles in 1973 for A$1.3 million.At the time of the painting's creation, Pollock preferred not to assign names to his works, but rather numbers; hence, the original title of the painting was simply Number 11 or No. 11 for the year 1952. In 1954, the new title "Blue Poles" was first seen at an exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York and reportedly originated from Pollock himself.

One: Number 31, 1950 is a masterpiece of the 'drip' technique and among the largest of Pollock's paintings. Begun approximately three years after his first painting in this style, the work is evidence of the artist's skill and technical prowess. Calligraphic, looping cords of color animate and energize every inch of the composition, which seems to expand visually, despite its already enormous size. As he did for all his drip paintings, Pollock painted One: Number 31, 1950 with the canvas lying on the floor.