Experts insist on the authenticity of abstraction from the collection of Jackson Pollock's mistress. One of the recent arguments in favor of authorship Pollock were found in the paint on the hairs from the skin of a polar bear, supposedly the sam

Jackson Pollock (?)
Red , black and silver
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it is not easy to prove the authenticity of a work of art if it comes from the collection of the artist 's mistress , and the last word will always be for the experts of the Committee set up by his wife. This abstraction of "Red , black and silver ," which some consider Jackson Pollock's latest masterpiece , written in the present mistress Ruth Kligman just a few weeks before the fatal car accident that claimed his life, but others do , to put it mildly , does not agree . Picture wanted to auction Phillips ( then still with de Pury) in September 2012, but at the last moment withdrawn from the auction . Doubt, or rather, not quite proven that it is , and the truth , the work of Jackson Pollock . And with such promise for the millions it will not sell .

history painting " Red , black and silver " briefly ( for details we refer you to the article last year's Vanity Fair ) is as follows. It was Pollock's mistress Ruth Kligman , who in 1990 wanted to sell the painting seems to be his authorship. In the auction house demanded the conclusion of an authentication commission created by the wife of the artist Lee Krasner (then already deceased ) . IMF experts Pollock - Krasner did not recognize the genuine work . Kligman wanted to try again in two years , but by the time of her visit, the commission has been dissolved . In 2010, Ruth Kligman died , and the abstraction of "Red , black and silver ," and remained with the label " attributed to Pollock ».

But do not think that the experts authentication Commission deliberately refused to attribute the painting Pollock's mistress out of a sense of solidarity with his late wife. With this picture is not so simple . First, Ruth Kligman never said a word about this work in his memoirs in 1974 , but has written almost a poem about its creation in 1999. Second, it turns out, has brought to the Commission for examination in 1980 a Laubach , who said that the owner of the work . Third, Ruth Kligman it seems to be one showcased in the 1980s , but under his own name . Therefore no reason to doubt the experts are. But check out the work according to the laws of examination does not interfere too (what if it's still the original ? ) . It now and deal with the supporters version Kligman .

last week held a press conference where they were called fresh arguments in favor of the authenticity of the "Red , black and silver ." A scientist and a former investigator Nicholas Petrak contrasted human hair , fibers, particles of sand and seeds found in a colorful layer of a picture , with the same material collected in the workshop and home Pollock on Long Island . All matched. Petrak troubled only animal hairs , somehow got into the paint . He found that the hair is a polar bear skins which have been banned in the U.S. in 1960 . But the mystery was solved after a second visit to the house of Pollock in one of the rooms Petrak found a great rug from the hide of a polar bear. In the words of a former investigator, such conclusive evidence is usually enough to plant a suspect behind bars . There can be so many coincidences , the picture is exactly true - says Petrak .

However, the evidence still was not enough to convince the authenticity of the paintings leading expert on the works of Jackson Pollock , Francis O'Connor (Francis O'Connor). The second main expert on Pollock , Eugene Thaw at the press conference was not , and his opinion is still unknown. In fact, only two of these experts and can give a positive opinion on the work of Jackson Pollock , and while they do not, the auction price of the painting is unlikely to amount to more than 20 thousand dollars .

Material prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI

Sources : reuters.com , nypost.com , artinvestment. ru