Seventh Station

1964

Barnett Newman

Artist, American, 1905 - 1970

A thin black line and a thicker black band span the height of this otherwise cream-white, vertical, abstract painting. The black line is near the left side of the canvas. The solid black band is across the canvas to take up about the rightmost fifth of the composition. Along the inner edge of the band is a thin white line and then a black line, both with jagged, slightly bleeding edges. The artist signed and dated the painting in the lower left corner in black, "Barnett Newman 1964.”
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On View

East Building Tower Level, Gallery 615-B


Artwork overview


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. 52 (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. 7 (of checklist for The Stations of the Cross), fig. 10.

1980

  • Zeichen des Glaubens - Geist der Avantgarde. Religiöse Tendenzen in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Schloss Charlottenburg, Grosse Orangerie, Berlin, 1980, no. 143, repro.

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, no. 116, color repro.

2002

  • Barnett Newman, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tate Modern, London, 2002-2003, pl. 79.

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. 7.

2015

  • Barnett Newman: The Stations of the Cross: Lema Sabachthani, Miho Museum, Koga City, 2015, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 7.

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.

  • Newman, Barnett. "Unanswerable Questions." Newsweek (9 May 1966):100

1969

  • Hess, Thomas B. Barnett Newman. New York, 1969:58, 61-64

  • Dillenberger, Jane. Secular Art with Sacred Themes. New York, 1969:99-116

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, 1974:195

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, 1978:149, 156, 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: 245, 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. 116.

2004

  • Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 440-441, 445, no. 368, color repros.

2017

  • Kennicott, Philip. "'Stations of the Cross' Draws Pilgrims to the National Gallery. Washington Post 140, no. 132 (April 16, 2017): E9, color fig.

Inscriptions

lower left: Barnett Newman 1964

Wikidata ID

Q20196179


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