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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. The fragment has a white priming layer covered almost entirely by a layer of dark red paint and one small spot of orange. Matte medium is applied diagonally with respect to the canvas weave on top of the dark red.

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