Dionysius

1949

Barnett Newman

Artist, American, 1905 - 1970

A solid field of shamrock green is divided by a pumpkin-orange line a quarter of the way down from the top and a crisp, canary-yellow line about a third of the way up the bottom in this abstract, vertical painting. The artist signed and dated in the lower right, “Barnett Newman 1949.”
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Artwork overview

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. 14 (New York catalogue), no. 13 (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.

2002

  • Barnett Newman, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tate Modern, London, 2002-2003, pl. 36.

Bibliography

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 241, repro.

1997

  • Berrie, Barbara H. and Suzanne Quillen Lomax. "Azo Pigments: Their History, Synthesis, Properties, and Use in Artists' Materials." Studies in the History of Art 57 (1997): 26-27, repro. no. 14.

Inscriptions

lower right: Barnett Newman 1949

Wikidata ID

Q20194266

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