Pollock & Pollock
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Jackson and Charles Pollock, two brothers, two painters, are caught up in the twists of twentieth century American history. The electrical center of their trajectory is New York. Their correspondence resonates with it, questions a myth and brings a painter out of the shadows.
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2020-01-01
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