EXPLORING ART

Episode 421 | Therapy or Thievery


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Join us in today’s case study of Jackson Pollock and the sale of his art posthumously. We discuss how Dr. Joseph Henderson sold 43 paintings given to him as part of Pollock’s therapy. This sale caused controversy as Pollock’s widow, Lee Krasner, objected to the sale, as she felt she had a more substantial claim to the art and didn’t feel he should profit off his patient’s work.

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