Painted canvas fragment
FragmentsAmerican20th century

Painted canvas fragment

20th century

Artists

Barnett NewmanArtist

Description

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 fragment is painted reddish orange up to the turn edge. There are accretions stuck to the paint surface and a scrap of kraft paper is stuck to a drip of paint on the raw canvas tacking margin.

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

Dimensions

irregular: 21.6 × 17.8 cm (8 1/2 × 7 in.)

Provenance

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

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