A previously unknown painting by Jackson Pollock has been discovered in Bulgaria by police investigating international art smugglers, officials say.
Several people, including Bulgarian citizens, were arrested in the international operation, state news agency BTA reported on Tuesday.Pollock, a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement of the 1940s and 50s, was known for his technique of pouring, dribbling and dripping paint in wild patterns onto large canvases. He died in 1956.
“This is an international operation with the participation of Europol, Greece and other countries,” Petar Todorov, Bulgaria’s Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said, according to the Novinite news agency. “To our great joy, we managed to establish and keep this painting and at the moment the expertise shows that it is an original.”
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