Jackson Pollock’s Hidden Name?

Did the Abstract Expressionist hide his name amid the swirls and torrents of a legendary 1943 mural?

That is the case an art historian makes for a signature gesture:

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Source:
Decoding Jackson Pollock
Henry Adams
Smithsonian magazine, October 2009
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Decoding-Jackson-Pollock.html

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