How Jackson Pollock's "Blue Poles" changed the face of art | American Masters

When Jackson painted "Blue Poles" in 1952, he had no idea it would later become the most expensive American painting sold when the National Gallery in Australia purchased it for two million U.S. dollars to much controversy.

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