Painted canvas fragment
1905 - 1970
Barnett Newman
American
Painted plain weave cotton duck canvas fragment with knife cut edges and a white ground layer. A layer of bright reddish orange paint is applied by brush over the white ground and has been applied diagonally with respect to the canvas weave. The fragment's edges are also cut diagonally with respect to the canvas weave. There are accretions embedded in the paint surface.