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Pollock's "Mural" Returns to NYC this Fall

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Jackson Pollock's "Mural" (file)

The next stop for Jackson Pollock's "Mural" is New York City's Guggenheim museum.

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Screenshot of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City

The exhibition called, "Away from the Easel," will open along with the re-opening of the museum on October 3rd.

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art owns the famous painting. It was commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim in 1943 for a wall in her apartment in New York City.

And it's been more than 20 years since "Mural" has been on display in the Big Apple. Most recently, it was part of an exhibit at Boston's Museum of Fine Art.

Pollock's "Mural" has been on the road since the 2008 flood. High water forced the university's art museum to find a temporary home for its collection.

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Jackson Pollock's "Mural" underwent cleaning (including varnish removal) and conservation at the Getty in Los Angeles (file)

And people in the Quad Cities enjoyed "Mural" at the Figge for a couple of years, before it was sent to the Getty in Los Angeles for cleaning and conservation. 

Construction of a new building for the Stanley Museum of Art began more than a year ago on campus in Iowa City.

"Mural" should be able to return when it opens in 2022.

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