Untitled
Artist: Barnett Newman (American, 1905-1970)
Date: 1946
Dimensions:
23 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. (60.3 x 44.5 cm)
Medium: Brush and ink on paper
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1990.7
Label Text:Barnett Newman was one of the great New York School abstract artists who rose to prominence after World War II. He is best known for his large canvasses of intense color intersected by vertical stripes or “zips” painted from the late 1940s through the 1960s. He is now regarded as one of the pivotal masters of 20th-century American art.
This is one of 19 drawings Newman did in 1946. In his entire career he made only 83 drawings. These were not studies for his paintings, but rather, artistic explorations in their own right. Newman made these drawings as part of his personal quest to invent a new way of seeing. He firmly believed that drawings were fundamental to his artistic achievement. In 1962, he said, “If I made a contribution, it is primarily in my drawings.”
This is one of 19 drawings Newman did in 1946. In his entire career he made only 83 drawings. These were not studies for his paintings, but rather, artistic explorations in their own right. Newman made these drawings as part of his personal quest to invent a new way of seeing. He firmly believed that drawings were fundamental to his artistic achievement. In 1962, he said, “If I made a contribution, it is primarily in my drawings.”
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