MOMA charts the evolution—and the liberating breakthrough—of Jackson Pollock.

Pollock’s early work is a thrill ride of quick studies. “Stenographic Figure” (c. 1942) eyes Picasso, Miró, and André Masson.CREDITTHE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK / MR. AND MRS. WALTER BAREISS FUND, 1980 / © 2015 POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK