Sold at Auction for $44 Million
—Newman overwhelms and seduces the viewer with the totality of its sensual, cascading washes of vibrant blue coexisting with Newman’s vertical “Sign” of the human presence, his iconic and revolutionary “zip.” – Sotheby’s description
from twentytwowords.com
Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters. His paintings are existential in tone and content, explicitly composed with the intention of communicating a sense of locality, presence, and contingency.[1] – Wikipedia
“I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality.”
– Barnett Newman
“Any art worthy of its name should address ‘life’, ‘man’, ‘nature’, ‘death’ and ‘tragedy’.”
– Barnett Newman
Mr. Barnett, excuse me, I think you forgot to add the word “pretense” to your list. ~ TD
The enlightened residents of the Hamptons on Long Island have embraced the abstract expressionist movement like this work and inflated the prices.
There is so much I want to say, but at this moment I am too angry.
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