Jackson Pollock’s Former West Village Loft Hits the Market for $1.99 M.

Just as a major exhibition of Jackson Pollock and his wife and fellow painter Lee Krasner opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Pollock’s former Lower Manhattan loft has hit the market for $1.99 million.

The one-bedroom 1827 West Village apartment, listed with Shane Boyle of Compass, boasts nearly two centuries of New York history. Constructed on land once owned by the third US vice president Aaron Burr, the building was also home to a milliner who sold hats and bonnets in the building’s downstairs in the 1850s, before Pollock, his brother Charles, and sister-in-law Elizabeth moved into the 46 Carmine Street in 1932.

Together, the Pollock brothers studied under American Regionalist Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League, with the apartment doubling as a studio space; Charles worked in the front room and Jackson worked in the back. At the time, Jackson was an aspiring 20-year-old artist who was not yet earning an income from his canvases, instead relying on odd jobs and family support amid the throws of the Great Depression.

In 2010, the 1827 Federal-style townhouse building was landmarked as part of the Greenwich Village Historic District.

The 687-square-foot apartment appears to have undergone a number renovations over the last couple decades. Today, it boasts 14-foot-tall ceilings, four skylights with city views, a bedroom with a massive walk-in closet, a loft, an updated bathroom, an open-plan kitchen, and a decorative fireplace, with a shared garden space outside.

“I had admired his work for a long time and was deeply impressed by the scale of the pieces at MoMA,” current owner Fergus Hurley told Artnet News. “But living in a place connected to that history gave me a personal relationship with his work. There is something about the apartment that makes you want to create.”

The large Pollock-inspired painting pictured in the listing was actually made by Hurley during the coronavirus lockdown. Hurley purchased the apartment in an off-market deal in 2021 for $1.3 million, after moving from Ireland to New York in 2020.

“Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous” is on view at the Met through January 31, 2027.