There is not inside or outside to Pollocks line or the space through which it moves. }); Jackson. [90], In 2013 Pollock's "Number 19" (1948) was sold by Christies for a reported $58,363,750 during an auction that ultimately reached $495 million total sales in one night which Christies reports as a record to date as the most expensive auction of contemporary art. } Streisand was to play the role of Lee Krasner, and De Niro was to portray Pollock. Blue Poles, (originally titled Number 11) is one of Pollock's most famous works. In 1936, he encountered liquid painting by Mexican mural painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, in an art workshop in New York. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. function setCookie(cname, cvalue, expMinutes, prefix) { This generated a mental pressure within him and he found solace in alcohol which resulted in increased dependence on intoxication. + '