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Barnett Newman

Untitled , 1946 (Executed)

Lot #114 | 2025-11-18 | Sotheby's, New York
The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction


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Works on Paper

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Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11733
Auction name: The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-11-18
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
Dimensions: 10 ⅞ by 4 ½ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters: 27.6
Width In Centimeters: 11.4
Height In Inches: 10.875
Width In Inches: 4.5
Year notes: Executed in 1946.
Provenance
Estate of the artist (AN #D-28) Annalee Newman, New York PaceWildenstein, New York Acquired from the above in April 1995 by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; London, The Tate Gallery; and Grand Palais, Galeries Nationales Paris, Barnett Newman , October 1971 - December 1972, no. 100 (New York); no. 70, p. 128 (text) and p. 131, illustrated (Amsterdam); no. 69, illustrated (London); no. 69, p. 126 (text) and p. 129, illustrated (Paris) The Baltimore Museum of Art; The Detroit Institute of Arts; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou; Cologne, Museum Ludwig; and Kunstmuseum Basel, Barnett Newman: The Complete Drawings, 1944-1969 , April 1979 - July 1981, no. 52, pp. 140-41, illustrated in color and p. 218 (text) (Baltimore); no. 48, n.p. (text) (Amsterdam); no. 51, p. 32 (text) (Paris), no. 49, p. 43 (text) (Cologne) Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; The Saint Louis Art Museum; and New York, The Pace Gallery, The Sublime Is Now: The Early Work of Barnett Newman: Paintings and Drawings, 1944 - 1949 , March - November 1994, no. 48, p. 88, illustrated and p. 107 (text) New York, The Drawing Center, Drawn from Artists' Collections , April - June 1999, p. 19, illustrated (inverse orientation)
Literature
Harold Rosenberg, Barnett Newman , New York 1978, no. 163, p. 183, illustrated Richard Shiff, Carol C. Mancusi-Ungaro and Heidi Colsman-Freyberger, Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné , New York and New Haven 2004, no. 168, p. 415, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Description Works from the Collection of Joel Shapiro Barnett Newman (1905 - 1970) Untitled brush and ink on paper 10 ⅞ by 4 ½ in. 27.6 by 11.4 cm. Executed in 1946-47. Provenance Estate of the artist (AN #D-28) Annalee Newman, New York PaceWildenstein, New York Acquired from the above in April 1995 by the present owner Exhibited New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; London, The Tate Gallery; and Grand Palais, Galeries Nationales Paris, Barnett Newman , October 1971 - December 1972, no. 100 (New York); no. 70, p. 128 (text) and p. 131, illustrated (Amsterdam); no. 69, illustrated (London); no. 69, p. 126 (text) and p. 129, illustrated (Paris) The Baltimore Museum of Art; The Detroit Institute of Arts; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou; Cologne, Museum Ludwig; and Kunstmuseum Basel, Barnett Newman: The Complete Drawings, 1944-1969 , April 1979 - July 1981, no. 52, pp. 140-41, illustrated in color and p. 218 (text) (Baltimore); no. 48, n.p. (text) (Amsterdam); no. 51, p. 32 (text) (Paris), no. 49, p. 43 (text) (Cologne) Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; The Saint Louis Art Museum; and New York, The Pace Gallery, The Sublime Is Now: The Early Work of Barnett Newman: Paintings and Drawings, 1944 - 1949 , March - November 1994, no. 48, p. 88, illustrated and p. 107 (text) New York, The Drawing Center, Drawn from Artists' Collections , April - June 1999, p. 19, illustrated (inverse orientation) Literature Harold Rosenberg, Barnett Newman , New York 1978, no. 163, p. 183, illustrated Richard Shiff, Carol C. Mancusi-Ungaro and Heidi Colsman-Freyberger, Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné , New York and New Haven 2004, no. 168, p. 415, illustrated in color
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