More Doubt on Pollock's "Art"

A forensic scientist is casting further doubt on claims a cache of paintings found recently was the work of Jackson Pollock. James Martin says many of the pieces include materials available only after the artist's death in 1956, a newspaper reported Thursday. Martin said at least one of the works was painted on a board produced no earlier than the late 1970s, The New York Times reported. Martin, forensic expert who examined 24 of the 32 paintings at their owner's request, made the comments in a lecture Wednesday sponsored by the International Foundation for Art Research in Manhattan, the newspaper said. Martin's views further a debate over the origins of the paintings, which were discovered in 2002 in a storage locker in Wainscott, on Long Island. The locker had belonged to the late photographer Herbert Matter, a close friend of the abstract expressionist. Matter's son Alex discovered the works and attributes them to the artist. But scholars have reached no consensus, despite a range of tests. (For full source and full article click the Headline). Irish Art