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Jackson Pollock Check Signed to Pay His Taxes in 1953, Three Years Before His Untimely Death at Age

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Jackson Pollock Check Signed to Pay His Taxes in 1953, Three Years Before His Untimely Death at Age

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Auction Date:2014 Jul 31 @ 17:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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Check signed ''Jackson Pollock'' in black ink. Check from the Osborne Trust Company, East Hampton, NY is dated 16 March 1953 and made out in hand by Pollock to the Director of Internal Revenue in the amount of $41. Signatures of this reclusive artist who struggled with alcoholism for most of his life are virtually non-existent. Three years after signing this check Pollack perished in a car wreck. Measures 6.25'' x 2.75''. Standard bank cancellations. Near fine.