Saw wrapped in a paper map | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: ARCH.2007.9.171
People: Barnett Newman, American (New York NY 1905 - 1970 New York NY)
Title: Saw wrapped in a paper map
Classification: Artists' Tools
Date: 20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/353032

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions: 16 × 77 × 3 cm (6 5/16 × 30 5/16 × 1 3/16 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.2007.9.171
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Crosscut handsaw with a wooden handle decorated with foliate carving. The saw is wrapped in a paper sectional aeronautical map of Omaha. The map is dated July 1970. The saw blade is marked "CENTRAL/[illegible]/SPRING STEEL/[illegible].

Subjects and Contexts

Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection