'Canto XVII', Barnett Newman

Artwork details

Artist

Barnett Newman (1905‑1970)

Title

Canto XVII

From Eighteen Cantos

Date 1963-4

MediumLithograph on paper

Dimensionsimage: 380 x 324 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Presented by Mrs Annalee Newman, the artist's widow 1972

Reference

P01043

View this artwork by appointment, at Tate Britain's Prints and Drawings Rooms

Catalogue entry

Barnett Newman 1905-1970

P01027-44 Eighteen Cantos 1963-4

Series of eighteen lithographs of various sizes
Presented by Mrs Annalee Newman 1972
Exh:Series, Tate Gallery, December 1977-January 1978 (1)
Lit:Thomas B. Hess, Barnett Newman (New York 1971), pp.126-32, Cantos I, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and XIV repr.; Riva Castleman, Modern Prints since 1942 (London 1973), p.70, Canto VI repr. p.71; Michael Knigin and Murray Zimiles, The Contemporary Lithographic Workshop around the World (New York 1974), p.171, Canto III repr. p.176; Riva Castleman, Prints of the Twentieth Century (London 1976), p.138

P01027CANTO I1963
Inscribed 'Canto I 14/18' b.l. and 'Barnett Newman 9/63' b.r.
Lithograph, 14 3/4 x 12 3/8 (37.5 x 31.5) on paper 24 7/8 x 20 (63.3 x 51… (read more)