The Name II

1950

Barnett Newman

Associated Names
Barnett Newman

Artist, American, 1905 - 1970

This painting is a minimalistic composition, with three vertical lines in pale yellow or beige dividing a white canvas into three large rectangular sections. Lines in the same light color border the left and right edges of the canvas. The center of the canvas is a flat white color that appears to get slightly darker at the top and bottom of the canvas, fading into very light gray.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery 406

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Annalee Newman; gift 1988 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Barnett Newman, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris, 1971-1972, no. 21 (New York catalogue), no. 20 (European catalogues), repro. in London and Paris catalogues.

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, unnumbered catalogue, color repro.

1993

  • American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1993, no. 109, repro.

1996

  • Abstraction in the Twentieth Century: Total Risk, Freedom, Discipline, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1996, no. 115, repro.

1997

  • Founders and Heirs of the New York School, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai; The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1997, no. 33, repro.

2007

  • Declaring Space: Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2007-2008, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 242, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20194373

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