Jackson Pollock, "One: Number 31", 1950. Photo by Wally Gobetz, 2007.
Jackson Pollock, "One: Number 31", 1950. Photo by Wally Gobetz, 2007.
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Ben Heller
Hosted by Althea Viafora-Kress
Originally aired on Monday, July 26th, 2004

What's it like to live with a Pollock and a Rothko or two? Host Althea Viafora-Kress invites Ben Heller, one of Abstract Expressionism's greatest appreciators, to tell all.

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