Pollock Matters

In 2003, 32 paintings were discovered in a metal storage bin in Wainscott, NY, by Alex Matter, son of the graphic artist and photographer Herbert Matter and the painter Mercedes Matter, who were good friends of Pollock and his wife, Lee Krasner. The paintings, wrapped in brown paper and tied with string, were clearly labelled as works painted by Pollock from the late 1940s. This book will reproduce these paintings for the first time, and offer evidence of their authentication from various perspectives, including a scientific analysis of the paintings, information about the physics of "drips," and biographical material about Pollock, Krasner, and their relationship with the Matters.