ARCH.2007.9.128.135: Painted canvas fragment
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- ARCH.2007.9.128.135
- People
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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/356134
Physical Descriptions
- Dimensions
- irregular: 17.8 × 11.4 cm (7 × 4 1/2 in.)
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
- Object Number
- ARCH.2007.9.128.135
- Contact
- am_straus@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment with knife cut edges and a white ground layer. A layer of bright reddish orange paint is applied by brush over the white ground and has been applied diagonally with respect to the canvas weave. The fragment's edges are also cut diagonally with respect to the canvas weave. The paint is slightly thicker in areas and the gloss is variable across the surface. An incription, reading "AV" has been applied in transparent black paint or ink
Subjects and Contexts
- Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection