Barnett Newman

Untitled Etching No. 1
1969

A minimalist artwork featuring a thick black vertical stripe centered between two thinner black stripes on a white background, with the composition bordered by a wide margin. The piece is numbered and signed by the artist in the lower margin.
A minimalist artwork featuring a thick black vertical stripe centered between two thinner black stripes on a white background, with the composition bordered by a wide margin. The piece is numbered and signed by the artist in the lower margin.

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Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 3/4 × 31 5/8in. (57.8 × 80.3 cm) Plate: 14 9/16 × 23 5/16in. (37 × 59.2 cm)

Accession number
88.15

Edition
24/28

Publication
Printed and 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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Barnett Newman
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