Fourteenth Station
1965/1966
Artist, American, 1905 - 1970
East Building Tower Level, Gallery 615-B
Artwork overview
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Medium
acrylic and Duco on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 198.1 x 152.2 cm (78 x 59 15/16 in.)
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Accession
1986.65.14
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of the artist; purchased 1986 by NGA with funds provided by Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Barnett Newman: The Stations of the Cross--Lema Sabachthani, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1966.
1971
Barnett Newman, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris, 1971-1972, no. 59 (New York catalogue only), repro. in Paris catalogue (shown only in New York).
1978
American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 14 (of checklist for The Stations of the Cross), fig. 17.
1980
Zeichen des Glaubens - Geist der Avantgarde. Religiöse Tendenzen in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Schloss Charlottenburg, Grosse Orangerie, Berlin, 1980, no. 150, repro.
1996
The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, no. 123, color repro.
2002
Barnett Newman, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tate Modern, London, 2002-2003, pl. 86.
2012
In The Tower: Barnett Newman, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012-2013, unnumbered brochure.
2014
Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, 2014, pl. 14.
2015
Barnett Newman: The Stations of the Cross: Lema Sabachthani, Miho Museum, Koga City, 2015, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 14.
Bibliography
1966
Berkson, William. "In the Museums, Recent Exhibitions: Barnett Newman." Arts Magazine 8 (June 1966): 44.
Newman, Barnett. "The 14 Stations of the Cross, 1958-1966." Art News 65 (1966): 27, repro.
Barker, Walter. "The Passion Without the Image." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (12 June 1966): 5C, repro.
1967
Lippard, Lucy R. "The Silent Art." Art in America 1 (January-February 1967): 59, repro.
1969
Dillenberger, Jane. Secular Art with Sacred Themes. New York, 1969: 99-116
Hess, Thomas B. Barnett Newman. New York, 1969: 58, 61-64
1971
Alloway, Lawrence. "Color, Culture, The Stations: Notes on Barnett Newman Memorial Exhibition." Artforum 4 (December 1971): 31-39
1974
Paskus, Benjamin Garrison. The Theory, Art and Critical Reception of Barnett Newman." Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974:191
1977
Dillenberger, Jane, and John Dillenberger. Perceptions of the Spirit in Twentieth Century Art. Exh. cat. Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1977: 102-105
1978
Rosenberg, Harold. Barnett Newman. New York, 1978: 163, repro.
1989
Strick, Jeremy. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building. Washington, D.C., 1989: 90 (accession number given incorrectly as 198_5_.65.1-15).
1990
Dillenberger, Jane. "Appearance and Disappearance of God in Western Art," in Image and Spirit in Sacred and Secular Art. New York, 1990: 104-107, repro.
O'Neill, John P., ed. "A Conversation: Barnett Newman and Thomas B. Hess [1966]," in Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews. New York, 1990:273-286
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 248, repro.
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995:106, repro.
1996
The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996: no. 123.
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 440, 448, no. 375, color repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: Barnett Newman 1966
Wikidata ID
Q20196388