American Letters: 1927-1947

ISBN: 978-0-7456-5155-2

Hardcover

252 pages

April 2011, Polity

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This book contains the previously unpublished correspondence between Jackson Pollock - the great American artist who revolutionized 20th century art - and the members of his family in the period between the late 1920s and the late 1940s.
The letters provide a rich and detailed portrait of the influences that shaped one of America’s most influential artists and they show that the Pollock brothers took an early interest in two major themes - art and politics.
The letters also offer a unique view of America itself during one of the most momentous periods of its history, as it deals with the Great Depression and its aftermath and becomes embroiled in the Second World War.
The book includes original works of art by Charles Pollock and a new Introduction, specially commissioned for the Polity edition, by Michael Leja, a leading expert on abstract expressionism and the work of Jackson Pollock.