Landau, however, says there may be a very good reason Taylor could not find the familiar fractal patterns in the disputed paintings: Pollock was experimenting with different styles influenced by Herbert Matter's photographic work.
Landau, author of books on Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner, said she can show that "Pollock was looking at Herbert's work, and he was thinking about Herbert's work, and obviously the two of them were exchanging information back and forth about their experimental attitude."

She said her research at the Matter archive at Stanford University uncovered "amazing photographs" that led her to material that shows strategies Pollock had involving the works of Herbert Matter.

Still, Landau acknowledges, "The only people who really know anything about these paintings are Pollock and Herbert Matter."