Covenant
Date
1949
Artist
Barnett Newman, American, b. New York City, 1905–1970
Provenance
Harold Diamond, New York, to 1968
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York," 22 May-21 September 1980, no. 4, ill. p. 50.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART. "Barnett Newman," 24 March-7 July 2002. TOUR: TATE MODERN, London, 19 September-5 January 2003.
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Grand re-opening exhibition, 1 July 2006-4 July 2007.
Published References
DE BACA, MIGUEL (essay). Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, Kenneth Noland: A Dialogue (New York: Castelli Gallery, 2016), color ill. p. 17.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 168, p. 185.
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School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.213
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
47 3/4 × 59 5/8 in. (121.3 × 151.4 cm)
