Ruth Kligman
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Ruth Kligman was an American abstract artist.
Ruth Kligman by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1972
Jackson Pollock
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Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, he was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto
Ruth Kligman
…In 1974, Kligman published Love Affair: A Memoir of Jackson Pollock, about her relationship with Pollock. Kligman was involved with Jackson Pollock in 1956 for a few months before his death. She was 26 and he was 44 when they met at a gallery where she was working. He was struggling with alcoholism…
Pollock's passport picture (1955)
Pollock in 1928
Signature of Jackson Pollock on Pasiphaë (1943; Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Pollock's studio in Springs, New York