Posted on 05/19/2026 7:38:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A Jackson Pollock artwork, described as one of history's "first truly abstract paintings", has sold at auction for $181m (£135m) in New York.
Number 7A, 1948, which went under the hammer at the renowned Christie's auction house on Monday, smashed the previous record for the most a work by the late American artist has taken at auction.
Christie's called Number 7A, 1948, which depicts black drips of paint with touches of red on a huge canvas spanning more than three metres, a key piece of art history.
"It is with this work that Pollock finally frees himself from the shackles of conventional easel painting and produces one of the first truly abstract paintings in the history of art," it wrote in its description of the piece online.
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I could do that, and if I can do it, it ain’t art.
Good old Jackson Pollock - the “Emperors New Clothes” of artists. That’s crap.
When I finally saw a Jackson Pollick in person, I got it.
Amazingly complex painting.
And just like Vincent Van Gogh, a very troubled man.
Bullshit.
This isn't art. It's anti-art. It represents the rejection of art.
And spare men the gaslight about how "powerful" or "impressive" it is, or its "depth of meaning". It has none.
It's just paint dribbled on a drop-cloth.
Everybody know that was really painted by Maude Lebowski.
Some people have too much money. This is why socialists win.
CIA psyop since the beginning and the psyop continues.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html
The painting sold for $181m. And I thought my $180m bid would be more than enough.
Curses, foiled again.
Money laundering.
‘My messed up oil change’ . Looks like something Hunter Biden would have tried to sell. How you get people with real money buying stuff like this proves not everyone with capital is actually worth their money.
Anyone that would bid on this, are for sure Biden supporters.
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
Romans 1:22
Even Hunter’s paintings are better.
Well, we’re talking about a society that has no problem paying millions for a banana duct taped to a blank canvas so.....🤷♂️
My litmus test question for Jackson Pollack paintings is always whether they could be turned into decent floor tiles in a workroom or mudroom, where they could hide a lot of scratches and stains.
Yes. Also often an exercise in manufacturing tax deductions. Inflate the value of the thing at auction, then donate it to a museum ...
I do that in the snow......
“Modern art” is nothing but money laundering. Just garbage. My paint rags look like that crap but I will sell them for half the price to the right buyer.
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