Word: pollock
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...recent high-profile case that has highlighted the difficulties in authenticating a piece of art is a disputed Jackson Pollock painting, purchased for $5 in 1992 by ex-trucker Teri Horton in a California thrift store. Biro was also involved in that investigation. He matched a partial fingerprint on the canvas to one on a paint can used by Pollock and paint on the canvas to samples from Pollock's studio. Still, despite the forensic evidence, the art community has been reluctant to certify the work. There is no record of the painting's former ownership, and examinations by experts...
Kennaugh recently retired from his post as an oncologist at HMS and his appointment at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Kennaugh and Amadio had over 100 pieces in their collection, according to Amadio, and works by Matisse, Rembrandt, Miro, Renoir, and Pollock are among the art that the two allege was stolen...
...Pollock painting most recently valued at $20 million—but that Amadio suggested could be worth up to $80 million—is the most valuable painting of those reported missing, according to The Boston Globe. The set of allegedly stolen artwork, numbering between 25 and 30, was stacked in the hallway of the condo when it was taken, according to Amadio...
...owners of the artwork, retired Harvard doctor Ralph Kennaugh and Angelo B. Amadio, reported that the stolen art included works by Matisse, Miro, Rembrandt, and Renoir. The most valuable piece was a Jackson Pollock painting estimated to be worth $20 million.The paintings were part of a collection of over 100 pieces of artwork...
...supported building through a network of agencies, so building approval increased at a rate of 40% between 2007 and 2008 alone, according to Yesh Din, an Israeli organization suing to stop outpost settlements. So much building has happened since the mid-1990s that the West Bank resembles a Jackson Pollock drip painting of Jewish and Arab lands, connected and disconnected by bypass roads and cement blocks. The old Green Line border, now morphing into a wall, has literally doubled in size to account for myriad new thrusts into, twists around and enclosures of Arab lands. (See a video about Israel...