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Identification and Creation

Object Number
ARCH.2007.9.31.1
People
Barnett Newman, American (New York NY 1905 - 1970 New York NY)
Title
Painted canvas fragment
Classification
Fragments
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/330872

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions
irregular: 15 x 21.5 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/16 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
Object Number
ARCH.2007.9.31.1
Contact
am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment with irregular curved knife cut edges. The heavy cotton duck has a white priming and is painted with crimson paint on one side, with rivulets of matte medium or paint, and orange paint on the other. The paint appears to be brush applied diagonally with respect to the canvas weave. The crimson stroke has a dry brush effect at the edge, while the orange passage has a hard straight edge, which partially covers the dry brush edge of the crimson passage.

Exhibition History

  • Barnett Newman: The Late Work, Menil Collection, Houston, 03/27/2015 - 08/02/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection

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