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Photography by Dwight Primiano

Reclining Woman

Jackson Pollock reimagined the traditional subject of the reclining female nude when he painted Reclining Woman. Fragmented into unusual shapes and intensified by repetitive black lines, Pollock’s figure appears strange and anatomically distorted. Its misshapen limbs stretch at extreme angles, while an eye with a red pupil floats as if disconnected from the reclining body.

ArtistJackson Pollock(1912-1956)
Dateca. 1938-1941
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions15 5/8 x 26 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPainting
On ViewNo
Reclining Woman15.6 × 26.5 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 57× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.