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Mural (1943)

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Mural is a 1943 painting by the American artist Jackson Pollock, made with oil paint on linen and measuring 2.43 by 6.04 meters, Pollock's largest canvas. Although signed and dated 1943, the signature and date were not added until 1947, and the work was probably completed in the fall of 1943. It was commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim for the long entrance hall of her townhouse at 155 East 61st Street in New York City. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1943 1
Medium
Oil paint (and an off-white water-based paint) on linen 1
Location
University of Iowa Museum of Art 1
Commissioned By
Peggy Guggenheim 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
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Created By

Source Mural (1943) (Wikipedia)

In Form

Painting, Art Forms
Source Mural (1943) (Wikipedia)

In Genre

Painting, Art Forms

Entity-backed identity for the genre enum value this work already carries, resolved to an arts art-form by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The genre fact itself, with its own citation, stays on the work unchanged.

Sources
1. Mural (1943) (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, first sentence
    Mural is a 1943 large painting by American artist Jackson Pollock.
  • Materials, medium
    It was made with oil paint (and an off-white water-based paint) on linen
  • Provenance, location
    is still held by the University of Iowa Museum of Art
  • Commission, first paragraph
    The work was commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim for the long entrance hall of her townhouse at 155 East 61st Street in New York City.
  • Genre reference
    Mural is a 1943 painting by the American artist Jackson Pollock, made with oil paint on linen and measuring 2.
  • In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
    Mural is a 1943 large painting by American artist Jackson Pollock. Although signed and dated 1943, the signature and date were not added until 1947, and the work was probably completed around the fall of 1943. It was made with oil
  • Created By: Jackson Pollock, lead paragraph
    Mural is a 1943 large painting by American artist Jackson Pollock. Although signed and dated 1943, the signature and date were not added until 1947, and the work was probably completed around the fall of 1943. It was made with oil
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