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Three thin, black bands span the height of this otherwise cream-white, vertical, abstract painting. One solid black band is along the left side of the canvas, and it is lined with parchment brown along its crisp right edge. The other two black bands are near each other about three-quarters of the way across the composition. Together these two are about the same width as the first black band. The outermost edges of pair of black bands are filmy, and a sliver of white separates the two up the middle. Black paint is spattered in the lower left quadrant of the painting, and the artist signed and dated the lower right corner, “Barnett Newman 1960.”

Barnett Newman

Fourth Station, 1960

East Building, Tower Level — Gallery 615-B

series Title

The Stations of the Cross / Lema Sabachthani

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 198.1 x 153 cm (78 x 60 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection

Accession Number

1986.65.4

Artists / Makers

Barnett Newman (artist) American, 1905 - 1970

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Inscription

lower right: Barnett Newman 1960

Provenance

Estate of the artist; purchased 1986 by NGA with funds provided by Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland.

Associated Names

Newman, Barnett, Mrs.

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. 49 (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. 4 (of checklist for The Stations of the Cross), fig. 7.

1980: Zeichen des Glaubens - Geist der Avantgarde. Religiöse Tendenzen in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Schloss Charlottenburg, Grosse Orangerie, Berlin, 1980, no. 140, repro.

1996: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, no. 113, color repro.

2002: Barnett Newman, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tate Modern, London, 2002-2003, pl. 76.

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. 4.

2015: Barnett Newman: The Stations of the Cross: Lema Sabachthani, Miho Museum, Koga City, 2015, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 4.

Bibliography

1966: Barker, Walter. "The Passion Without the Image." St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12 June 1966: 5C

1966: Berkson, William. "In the Museums, Recent Exhibitions: Barnett Newman." Arts Magazine 8 (June 1966): 44

1966: Newman, Barnett. "The 14 Stations of the Cross, 1958-1966." Art News 65 (1966): 26-27, repro.

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

1967: Mulas, Ugo and Alan Solomon. New York: The New Art Scene. New York, 1967:82-83, repro.

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

1969: 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, 1978:20, 26-27, 150, 228, 240, repro.

1978: Schulze, Franz. "The East Building: Trapezoid Triumphant." Art in America 4 (July-August 1978): 63, repro.

1988: Zakian, Michael. "Barnett Newman, Painting and a Sense of Place." Arts Magazine 7: (March 1988):39, 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 1985.65.1-15).

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.

1990: 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

1991: Per Kirkeby: paintings and drawings. Exh. cat. MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, 1991: repro. 8

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 244, repro.

1995: Fineberg, Jonathan. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995:105-106, repro.

1996: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996: no. 113.

2004: Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 440-441, 443, no. 365, color repros.

2011: Baskin, Samantha and Larry Silver. Jewish Art: A Modern History. London, 2011: 175-177, fig. 102.

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