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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.100.6
People
Barnett Newman, American (New York NY 1905 - 1970 New York NY)
Title
Unfinished painting
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c.1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/318871

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions
278.8 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm (109 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Barnett and Annalee Newman
Estate of Annalee Newman
The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Gift of the Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation
Copyright
© The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.100.6
Contact
am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Unfinished painting, related to "The Wild" (oil on canvas, 1950, MoMA). The unfinished work was found , wrapped around a bottle, in the artist's studio after his death. The work was subsequently mounted on a wooden support, stapled on the margins, with the original orientation being unknown. Like "The Wild" (1950), the painting is an isolated orange "zip," though in this case the central orange line is surrounded by a mottled greenish yellow on either side. The selvedge edge of the canvas runs along one of the long sides.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection