Painted canvas fragment | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: ARCH.2007.128.149
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/356148

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions: irregular: 22.9 × 14 cm (9 × 5 1/2 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.2007.128.149
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment with irregular knife cut edges. The fragment has a white priming layer and strokes of orange and dark red paint. Each paint stroke is applied diagonally with respect to the canvas weave, with a brush, without taped edges. The dark red stroke has a dry brush edge effect, while the orange stroke has a wet smooth edge, but does not appear to have been taped. The dark red stroke is partially covered with a matte medium.

Subjects and Contexts

Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection