Getty save Jackson Pollack’s "Fresco" Automatic translate

California’s largest Getty Museum and Iowa State Museum of Art will collaborate on preserving Jackson Pollock, Mural. The work will move to the Getty Center in Los Angeles this summer, where it will undergo technical research and restoration at the Getty Art Conservation Institute (GCI). “This is a win-win situation for everyone,” said University of Iowa President Sally Mason. “After the restoration, the Pollock Fresco will continue for many years.” James Kuno, President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Foundation, added: “This painting has phenomenal significance in 20th-century art history. This project is ideal for experienced restorers at the Getty Museum and fits into the ongoing research by scientists involved in the Getty Art Preservation Institute’s Contemporary Paint Project. ”

Jackson Pollock - Fresco, 1943. Oil on canvas, 247 x 604.5 cm. Iowa State University Museum of Art (gift from Peggy Guggenheim 1956).

GCI is currently conducting a comprehensive research project on contemporary paints and the problems that they represent in terms of conservation. "Fresco", as many believe, is the most significant and influential picture in American art, since the Second World War. The work was in the University of Iowa’s art collection donated to him by Peggy Guggenheim in 1951.

The Getty Museum regularly works to preserve key works of art around the world as part of the Getty’s overall charity mission. The museum has developed an active cooperation program, in which it works in conjunction with restorers and curators from institutions whose works are currently retained. These projects are carried out at little or no cost to the institution in exchange for the opportunity to show the work in the galleries of the museum after the work. So Pollock’s "Fresco" after restoration will be presented in the museum for three months.

Anna Sidorova