2007.100.45.3: Model for "Broken Obelisk"
Models
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2007.100.45.3
- People
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Barnett Newman, American (New York NY 1905 - 1970 New York NY)
- Title
- Model for "Broken Obelisk"
- Classification
- Models
- Date
- c.1963
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/321093
Physical Descriptions
- Dimensions
- 33 × 17.2 cm (13 × 6 3/4 in.) flat
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 2007.100.45.3
- Contact
- am_straus@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- One of eight models for "Broken Obelisk." The model was constructed from two folded rectangular and four small triangular pieces of heavy paper board, to form a model for the upper obelisk section of "Broken Obelisk." Pieces of transparent adhesive tape are still present at the edges of the cardboard pieces.
Subjects and Contexts
- Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection
