Watercolor on pink paper, signed initialed, dated, titled, and inscribed along bottom edge: "JH J. Hultberg / 'Pollock' Ink 1951 NY." 11.75 x 8.75 inches (29.8 x 22.2 cm). Light discoloration with very minor toning and soiling along edges; soft handling creases, most notably on in margins; sheet is secured to backing board with archival corners; matted to 20 x 15.75 inches. Unframed.

John Hultberg was an American Abstract expressionist and Abstract realist painter, known early in his career for his connection to the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Hultberg primarily made Abstract expressionist paintings that were minimalist and dark, and also made Surrealist invented landscapes with "linear perspectives and angular shapes." In 1952 he was introduced at the Museum of Modern Art in a show of new artists. He lived for one year in Paris between 1954 and 1955 and gained a reputation there for his work. In 1955 he won the Corcoran Biennial first prize in Washington. This portrait of Jackson Pollock dates from the beginning of Hultberg's career, and the end of Pollock's.