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Painted canvas fragment

Painted canvas fragment

1905 - 1970

Barnett Newman

American

Painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment knife cut edges. The fragment has a partial white ground layer with a taped edge. Red paint is applied with a dry brush over the white ground. Red paint is also applied, in two layers and with a dry brush edge, over the raw canvas.

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