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Abstract:AbstractThis essay takes Pollock’s painting Pasiphaë as a comparative for Mural. Both paintings were begun in 1943 and were significantly larger in scale than the artist’s previous works. Using technical analysis to study Pasiphaë, Duvernois, Arslanoglu, and Centeno explore the similarities and differences between Pollock’s painting materials and techniques in Pasiphaë and Mural, ultimately drawing two conclusions: that the canvases for these paintings were cut from the same roll, and that Pollock began painting both canvases not with dark outlines but rather with fluid brush applications of lighter pigments.