15 juni 2013

Jackson Pollock #3






"In 2011, the apartment of art history’s favorite alcoholic, Jackson Pollock, came up for sale on Carmine Street. Billed a “penthouse,” the smallish 800 square foot apartment is more like a top floor walk up, but with four light bleeding skylights, one can easily see why Pollock chose to live and paint here. The apartment was selling for $1.4 million, far less than any other Jackson Pollock you could get your hands on.

Whether out of artistic integrity or not, the apartment barely looks modernized, apart from the former tenant’s sleek leather sectional. You can imagine Pollock stumbling home from the nearby Cedar Tavern, banging his head on the angled ceiling before passing out in bed, or soaking in the tiny bathroom’s Japanese soaking tub." (bron: Art Nerd New York)

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