1942, Jackson Pollock, The Moon Woman -- Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice)
From the museum label: The capering stick figure, fleshed out with red lines, that dominates this painting is surely the Moon Woman herself, a deity of several native American tribes. Like other American artists, Pollock felt that mythology was an appropriate pictorial response to World War II. The serene profile located in the black 'head' in the upper part reveals Pollock's awareness of a painting by Pablo Picasso in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, while the floral arrangement at which she stares is reminiscent of Joan Miró, another influence on New York artists in this formative period. The Moon Woman was exhibited in Pollock's first solo exhibition, held at Peggy Guggenheim's museum/gallery Art of This Century in 1943.
1942, Jackson Pollock, The Moon Woman -- Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice)
From the museum label: The capering stick figure, fleshed out with red lines, that dominates this painting is surely the Moon Woman herself, a deity of several native American tribes. Like other American artists, Pollock felt that mythology was an appropriate pictorial response to World War II. The serene profile located in the black 'head' in the upper part reveals Pollock's awareness of a painting by Pablo Picasso in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, while the floral arrangement at which she stares is reminiscent of Joan Miró, another influence on New York artists in this formative period. The Moon Woman was exhibited in Pollock's first solo exhibition, held at Peggy Guggenheim's museum/gallery Art of This Century in 1943.