Harvard Art Museums > ARCH.2007.9.128.139: Painted canvas fragment Fragments Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Painted canvas fragment (Barnett Newman) , ARCH.2007.9.128.139,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/356138. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number ARCH.2007.9.128.139 People Barnett Newman, American (New York NY 1905 - 1970 New York NY) Title Painted canvas fragment Classification Fragments Date 20th century Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/356138 Physical Descriptions Dimensions irregular: 101.6 × 15.2 cm (40 × 6 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Collection of Barnett and Annalee Newman Estate of Annalee Newman The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Gift of the Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Object Number ARCH.2007.9.128.139 Contact am_straus@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions 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 a strip of white canvas fabric machine sewn to the selvedge edge. The white ground runs the length of the fragment up to the turn edge. Two layers of blue paint, with a taped edge, are applied along approximately half the width of the the area covered by white ground. The lower layer of blue paint, which is the darker of the two, extends about an inch beyond the turn edge. The upper, lighter blue paint layer extends just beyond the turn edge. A handwritten note on paper from Carol Mancusi-Ungaro with information regarding acquisitiom is stapled just above the selvedge edge. Subjects and Contexts Barnett Newman Studio Materials Collection
