The Name II
1950
Artist, American, 1905 - 1970
NGA, East Building, EU-406-B, W
Artwork overview
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Medium
Magna and oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Gift of Annalee Newman, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 264.2 x 240 cm (104 x 94 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1988.57.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Annalee Newman; gift 1988 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1971
Barnett Newman, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris, 1971-1972, no. 21 (New York catalogue), no. 20 (European catalogues), repro. in London and Paris catalogues.
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, unnumbered catalogue, color repro.
1993
American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1993, no. 109, repro.
1996
Abstraction in the Twentieth Century: Total Risk, Freedom, Discipline, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1996, no. 115, repro.
1997
Founders and Heirs of the New York School, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai; The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1997, no. 33, repro.
2007
Declaring Space: Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2007-2008, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Bibliography
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 242, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20194373