Wednesday 7 August 2013

Barnett Newman – part 3

Barnett Newman (1905 – 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the colour field painters. For full biographical notes on Newman see part 1.

This is part 3 of a 3-part post on the works of Barnett Newman:



1967 Voice of Fire 
acrylic on canvas 543.6 x 243.8 cm 
© Estate of Barnett Newman 
ARS (New York) 
SODRAC (Montréal)

1967 White and Hot 
acrylic on canvas 213.4 x 182.9 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1967-8 Study for the dust-jacket of Basil Bunting's "Collected Poems" 
red chalk and black crayon over graphite on paper 52 x 48.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1967c Sketch 
pen and ink on paper 31.5 x 24 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1968 Anna's Light 
acrylic on canvas 275 x 610.5 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York


 1968 'Notes' a series of etchings:

1968 Note I 
etching 15 x 7.4 cm ( image ) 51 x 35.7 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note II 
etching 15 x 7.4 cm ( image ) 50.8 x 36 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note III 
etching 15 x 7.4 cm ( image ) 50.8 x 35.7 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note IV 
etching 14.9 x 7.3 cm ( image ) 50.6 x 35.4 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note V 
etching 14.9 x 7.3 cm ( image ) 50.6 x 35.7 cm ( sheet)  
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note VI 
etching 15 x 7.4 cm ( image ) 51.2 x 35.5 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note VII 
etching 14.9 x 7.3 cm ( image ) 50.6 x 35.2 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note VIII - State I 
etching and aquatint 7.5 x 15 cm ( image ) 36 x 50.6 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note VIII - State II 
etching and aquatint 7.4 x 15 cm ( image ) 36.2 x 50.7 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note IX ( State I ) 
etching and aquatint 15 x 7.4 cm ( image ) 50.1 x 35.5 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note IX 
etching and aquatint 15 x 7.5 cm ( image ) 50.5 x 35.4 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note X ( State I ) 
etching and aquatint 14.9 x 7.4 cm (  image ) 50 x 35.4 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note X ( State II ) 
etching and aquatint 15 x 7.4 cm ( image ) 50.6 x 35.5 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note XI ( State I )
etching and aquatint 14.8 x 7.5 cm ( image ) 50 x 35.7 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1968 Note XII ( State I ) etching and aquatint 14.8 x 9.8 cm ( image ) 50.2 x 35.5 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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1968-69 Jericho 
acrylic on canvas 269.2 x 285.8 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1968c Yellow Edge 
acrylic on canvas 238.4 x 193.2 cm 
© Estate of Barnett Newman 
ARS (New York) 
SODRAC (Montréal)

1969 The Way II 
acrylic on canvas 198.5 x 152.5 cm 
© photo Peter Schibli 
© Fondation Beyeler 2013, Switzerland 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1969 Untitled Etching #1 
etching and aquatint 37.2 x 59.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1969 Untitled Etching #2 
etching and aquatint 59.4 x 37.3 cm ( image ) 79.2 x 57.5 cm ( sheet ) 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1970 Be I 
acrylic on canvas 213.4 x 282.2 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1970 Midnight Blue 
oil and acrylic on canvas 193 x 239 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1970 Untitled 
acrylic on canvas 196.8 x 152.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

Dust-jacket illustration for Basil Bunting's "Collected Poems" 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York


n.d. Exploratory drawings for a Frank O'Hara publication:


n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

n.d. Exploratory drawing for a Frank O'Hara publication 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

Monday 5 August 2013

Barnett Newman – part 2

Barnett Newman (1905 – 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the colour field painters. For full biographical notes on Newman see part 1.

This is part 2 of a 3-part post on the works of Barnett Newman:

Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross series of black and white paintings (1958–66), begun shortly after Newman had recovered from a heart attack, is usually regarded as the peak of his achievement. The series is subtitled "Lema sabachthani" - "why have you forsaken me" - the last words spoken by Jesus on the cross, according to the New Testament. Newman saw these words as having universal significance in his own time. The series has also been seen as a memorial to the victims of the holocaust.


1958 First Station 
magna on canvas 197.8 x 153.7 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1958 Second Station 
magna on canvas 198.4 x 153.2 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1960 Third Station 
oil on canvas  198.4 x 152.1 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1960 Fourth Station 
oil on canvas 198.1 x 153 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1962 Fifth Station 
oil on canvas 198.7 x 153 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1962 Sixth Station
oil on canvas 198.4 x 152.1 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1964 Seventh Station 
198.1 x 152.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1964 Eighth Station 
oil on canvas 198.4 x 152.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1964 Ninth Station 
acrylic on canvas 198.1 x 152.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1965 Tenth Station 
oil on canvas 198.1 x 152.5 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1965 Eleventh Station 
acrylic on canvas 198.1 x 152.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1965 Twelfth Station 
acrylic on canvas 198.1 x 152.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1965-6 Thirteenth Station 
acrylic on canvas 198.2 x 152.5 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1965-6 Fourteenth Station
acrylic and duco on canvas 198.1 x 152.2 cm
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

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1959 Untitled 
brush and ink 53.5 x 61.1 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York


1960 Untitled 
brush and ink on paper 35.5 x 25.2 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1960 Untitled
ink on paper 35.4 x 25.4 cm

© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


1961 Untitled 
lithograph 35 x 24.7 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York


1961 Untitled 
lithograph 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York


1961 Untitled 
lithograph 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York


1962 The Third 
oil on canvas 101.5 x 120.2 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York


1963 Black Fire I 
oil on canvas 289.5 x 213.4 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

Eighteen Cantos 1963-4
Series of eighteen lithographs of various sizes:


  
1963-4 Eighteen Cantos title page 
40 x 30.5 cm approx. 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002

1963-4 Canto I 
lithograph 42 x 31.5 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto II 
lithograph 38.5 x 32.7 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto III 
lithograph 42.4 x 32.4 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto IV 
lithograph 37.8 x 32 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto V 
lithograph 37.5 x 33.4 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto VI 
lithograph 37 x 33 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto VII 
lithograph 37.5 x 33.4 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto VIII 
lithograph 37.5 x 33.8 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto IX 
lithograph 37 x 33.5 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto X 
lithograph 37.3 x 33.7 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto XI 
lithograph 37.7 x 33.5 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto XII 
lithograph 37.3 x 33.7 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto XIII 
lithograph 37.2 x 33.4 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto XIV 
lithograph 37.5 x 31.9 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto XV 
lithograph 37.5 x 32.2 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto XVI 
lithograph 37.5 x 32.3 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002


1963-4 Canto XVII 
lithograph 38 x 32.4 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002

1963-4 Canto XVIII 
lithograph 37.9 x 31.8 cm 
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002
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1963-69 Broken Obelisk 
steel 749.9 x 318.8 x 318.8 cm 
Image licensed under the Wikimedia Creative Commons Attribution


Broken Obelisk is the largest and best known of his six sculptures. As both form and symbol, the pyramid (a place of ascent of the human spirit) and the obelisk (monument to life and renewal, broken relic of antiquity) fascinated Newman.

1965 Here II 
steel 289.2 x 200 x 130.2 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1966 The Moment ( from a portfolio of 4 ) 
pexiglass, oil and acrylic on board on wood 122.6 x 12.7 x 3 cm 
 © 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1966-70 Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue is a series of four large-scale paintings by Newman painted between 1966 and 1970:

1966 Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue 
oil on canvas 190.5 x 121.9 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1967 Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue II 
acrylic on canvas 304.8 x 259.1 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1966-67 Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III 
oil on linen 224 x 544 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1969-70 Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue IV 
oil on canvas 274 x 603 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1967 Chartres 
acrylic on canvas 304.8 x 289.6 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

1967 Profile of Light 
305.5 x 191 cm 
© 2013 Barnett Newman Foundation 
Artists Right Society (ARS), New York