Jackson Pollock (1912ā1956) grew up in Arizona and California. His father, Leroy, was a road surveyor for the government. During the summer of 1927, Jackson and his brother Sanford joined their fatherās crew and helped build a dirt road to the north rim of the Grand Canyon. In this snapshot, the Pollock men contemplate a remarkable vista still inaccessible to most Americans. A year later, Pollock moved to New York. He later attributed memories of western landscapes to his expressive artistic vision.Ā
Ā This snapshot is currently on view in our exhibition, Off the Beaten Track: A Road Trip through the Archives of American Art, on view through June 3 in our Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in Washington, D.C.