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Barnett Newman

The Name, 1949

Not on View

Medium

brush and black ink on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 61.1 x 38 cm (24 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Accession Number

1976.56.119

Artists / Makers

Barnett Newman (artist) American, 1905 - 1970

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Inscription

lower right in blue ink: Barnett Newman 1949; upper center verso in blue ink: Top / Barnett Newman / 1949 / The Name

Provenance

The artist to the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts Inc., New York, 1965; gift to NGA, 1976.

Associated Names

Woodward Foundation

Exhibition History

1960: Drawings by 15 Americans, Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1960.

1965: For Benefit of the Foundation for the Contemporary Performance Arts, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, 1965-1966.

1967: Art for Embassies Selected fromt eh Woodward Foundation Collection, Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C., 1967.

1979: Barnett Newman: The Complete Drawings, 1944-1969, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1979, no. 56.

1981: Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981.

1981: Contemporary Prints and Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, 1981.

2001: A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 83.

2007: The Abstraction of Landscape: From Northern Romanticism to Abstract Expressionism, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain, 2007-2008.

2012: In The Tower: Barnett Newman, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012-2013, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1979: Richardson, Brenda. Barnett Newman: The Complete Drawings, 1944-1969, Baltimore Museum of Art: 1979, no. 56.

2001: A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 83.

2007: Elger, Dietmar., et al. The Abstraction of Landscape: From Northern Romanticism to Abstract Expressionism. (Exh. cat. Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 2007-2008). Madrid, 2007: 92.

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