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Barnett Benedict Newman (American 1905-1970) OOC

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Barnett Benedict Newman (American 1905-1970) OOC
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Oil on canvas painting, abstract; Barnett Newman (American, 1905-1970; 24 x 18 inch (60.96 x 45.72 cm). An originator of Abstract Expressionism, Barnett Newman changed the course of 20th-century American painting. Newman’s monumental color field paintings consist of rectangles of rich, often mono- or bi-chromatic color that, when viewed from close proximity, are meant to confer a powerful spiritual experience, an encounter with the sublime. Newman’s signature “Zip” paintings, the artist’s term for paintings with a narrow vertical stripe dividing planes of color, provide each painting with an architectural frame, such as in his iconic work Vir Heroicus Siblimis (1950-1951). PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario Estate