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Naifeh and Smith's Pollock biography gets French edition

publication · 2026-04-23

A decade after its initial publication received a cool reception, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith's monumental biography of Jackson Pollock was released in French in 1999. The two biographers conducted exhaustive archival research and interviewed Pollock's family to explore the connections between the artist's life and his abstract painting.

Key facts

  • First publication in 1989 received cool reception
  • French edition published in 1999
  • Biography is monumental in scope
  • Authors: Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
  • Subject: American painter Jackson Pollock
  • Research included archives and family interviews
  • Explores links between life and abstract work

Entities

Artists

  • Jackson Pollock

Institutions

  • artpress

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