Barnett NewmanAmerican, 1905–1970Broken Obelisk
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 526.1971
In the catalog
Sources
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Barnett Newman
The whole lifec. 1965
Recognition at sixty
At about the age of sixty Newman wins recognition as one of America’s outstanding artists. For much of his life he had been unappreciated, overlooked in favour of more colourful figures such as Jackson Pollock; the critic Clement Greenberg wrote about him with enthusiasm, but other accounts say he began to be taken seriously only at the very end of his life. He became an important influence on younger artists such as Donald Judd, Frank Stella and Bob Law.
1965
Death of his mother
His mother dies; in her memory he will name his largest painting, “Anna’s Light” (1968).
27 June 1968 – 6 October 1968
Exhibition: 4. documenta
4 July 1970
Died
