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What are Barnett Newman’s reds, yellows and blues?
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1111–1115
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Author:
Epley, Bradford A. (Epley, Bradford A.)
Author:
Rogge, Corina E. (Rogge, Corina E.)
Subjects
artists:
Newman, Barnett
dates:
1960-1969
subjects:
American art / Colour / Blue (colour) / Red / Yellow / Pigments / Scientific analysis
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue I, by Barnett Newman. 1966. Oil on canvas, 190.5 by 212.9 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; private collection).
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2. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue II, by Barnett Newman. 1967. Acrylic on canvas, 304.8 by 259.1 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
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3. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue III, by Barnett Newman. 1967–68. Oil on canvas, 245 by 543 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam).
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4. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue IV, by Barnett Newman. 1969–70. Acrylic on canvas, 274.3 by 604.5 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz).
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5. Chartres, by Barnett Newman. 1969. Acrylic on canvas, 305 by 289.5 cm. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London; Daros Collection, Switzerland).
Attributed works:
6. Colour swatches reproducing the red, blue, and yellow paints in Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue I, II, IV and Chartres as measured by spectrophotometry. The values in parentheses are the CIEDE2000 values measuring the difference between the colours of Who’s afraid I and each of the other paintings. (Menil Collection, Houston).
Attributed works:
7. Newman at his 1969 exhibition at the Knoedler Gallery, New York. On the wall next to the doorway hangs Who’s afraid I. (© Barnett Newman Foundation, New York; DACS, London).
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The Art of Conservation XIV. Accommodating change: twentieth-century American artists and conservators
02/2018 | 1379 | 160
Pages: 126-135
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Author:
Epley, Bradford A. (Epley, Bradford A.)
Subjects
artists:
O'Keeffe, Georgia / Reinhardt, Ad / Newman, Barnett
dates:
1950-1999 / 1940-1949
media:
Paintings
places:
United States
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Conservation / Restoration (process) / Damage to works of art / Techniques / Manuals / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Science / Varnish / Glazes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.9, showing the extent to which the varnish saturates the paint and reveals brushwork, both the artist’s and the conservator’s, which was deliberately eschewed by the artist (© 2018 Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
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11. 6:30, by David Novros. On the left is the original (1966) and on the right is the second version, acrylic on canvas on six wood panels (2006). Both 182.9 by 261.6 cm. (Menil Collection, Houston; © 2018 David Novros / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
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2. Female nude, by Pablo Picasso. 1910. Canvas, 73 by 54 cm. (Menil Collection, Houston; © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
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3. Fig.2 photographed in raking light after varnish removal to reveal the recovery of the overall matt paint surface and a better sense of the varied brushwork used. (© 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
Attributed works:
4. Barnett Newman in front of Be I a the Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, 1950. (Photograph Hans Namuth; courtesy Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson; © 2018 The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Be I, by Barnett Newman. 1949. (Menil Collection, Houston; © 2018 The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
Attributed works:
6. Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue III, by Barnett Newman. 1967–68. Canvas, 243.8 by 543.6 cm. Photograph taken after restoration in 1991. (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; © 2018 The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
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7. Ad Reinhardt in his studio, 1955. (Photograph John Lonegar; courtesy Time & Life Pictures and Getty Images; © 2018 Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
Attributed works:
8. Ad Reinhardt at work on a black painting in his New York studio, July 1966. (Photograph John Lonegar; courtesy Time & Life Pictures and Getty Images; © 2018 Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
Attributed works:
9. Abstract Painting, 1954–1960, by Ad Reinhardt. Canvas, 203.5 by 127.3 cm. (Menil Collection, Houston; © 2018 Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York).
Western art unattributed:
1. Caroline and Sheldon Keck working at the Brooklyn Museum, New York. Undated photograph. (Collection of the Brooklyn Museum Archives, New York).