Mural on Indian Red Ground

Mural on Indian Red Ground is a 1950 abstract expressionist drip painting by American artist Jackson Pollock, currently in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

[2] The collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art was bought during Iran's 1970s oil boom under the supervision of queen Farah Pahlavi.

In a 2005 exhibition Mural on Indian Red Ground and many other paintings were displayed for the first time after the revolution.

[5][6][7] Today, Mural on Indian Red Ground is considered one of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art's prize pieces.

[8] The painting was loaned to Japan in 2011-12 and was displayed in an exhibition that originated at the Aichi Prefectural Museum in Nagoya, Japan, in 2011 and traveled to[9] the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jackson Pollock.