Painted canvas fragment | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: ARCH.2007.9.128.103
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/356102

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions: irregular: 12.7 × 10.2 cm (5 × 4 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
Object Number: ARCH.2007.9.128.103
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment with knife cut edges and no apparent ground layer. The fragment has dark red paint applied directly on the raw canvas. There appears to be matte paint strokes over a glossy dark red layer, which has been applied diagonally with respect to the canvas weave. There are canvas fibers stuck to the glossy surface. There are linear marks in transparent black ink or paint.

Subjects and Contexts

Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection