Painted canvas fragment
FragmentsAmerican20th century

Painted canvas fragment

20th century

Artists

Barnett NewmanArtist

Description

Partially painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment with knife cut edges and a white ground layer. The fragment has a partial turn edge and tacking margin with staple holes. The white ground and the reddish orange paint layer that covers it both extend up to the turn edge. There are fragments of kraft paper stuck to the paint at the turn edge.

Classification
Fragments
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Department
Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

Dimensions

irregular: 19.1 × 15.2 cm (7 1/2 × 6 in.)

Provenance

Collection of Barnett and Annalee Newman Estate of Annalee Newman The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation

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