CR 281, sketch in graphite and colored crayon on folded sheet of typewritten paper.

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2007.100.16
People: Barnett Newman, American (New York NY 1905 - 1970 New York NY)
Title: CR 281, sketch in graphite and colored crayon on folded sheet of typewritten paper.
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1946-7
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/319000

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

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: 2007.100.16
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: sketch in graphite and colored crayon on folded sheet of typewritten paper. Related to Euclidian Abyss (1946-7, Collection of Burton G. Tremaine, Meriden, Connecticut).