Barnett Newman

Canto VIII
1963

A minimalist artwork featuring two vertical blocks of blue color with different shades and textures on a cream-colored paper. The left block is a bright, solid blue, while the right block is a darker blue with a mottled texture. There is a signature and date at the bottom right corner and a title or edition number at the bottom left.

A minimalist artwork featuring two vertical blocks of blue color with different shades and textures on a cream-colored paper. The left block is a bright, solid blue, while the right block is a darker blue with a mottled texture. There is a signature and date at the bottom right corner and a title or edition number at the bottom left.

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Date
1963

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 14 7/8in. (45.1 × 37.8 cm) Image: 14 11/16 × 12 7/8in. (37.3 × 32.7 cm)

Accession number
84.55

Edition
5/18

Publication
Published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Barnett Newman Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York

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