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Painted canvas fragment

Painted canvas fragment

1905 - 1970

Barnett Newman

American

Painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment with knife cut edges and a white ground layer. The white ground layer has a taped edge with white ground on either side of the 1.125" wide taped line. Red paint, with both matte and glossy areas, is applied with a dry brush revealing raw canvas below. The fragment has a turn edge.

Fragments