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Newman (19051970), Broken Obelisk, gift of the Virginia Wright fund, 2001, Red Square

This article explores the modern art of monument making and breaking through an examination of Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk (1963/9). Fabricated in an edition of three, the large-scale sculpture can be found in multiple cities across the United States.


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This article explores the modern art of monument making and breaking through an examination of Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk (1963/9). Fabricated in an edition of three, the large-scale sculpture can be found in multiple cities across the United States. The article draws attention to the discourse of monumentality that surrounded the sculpture at its various locations as well as the.


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Barnett Newman Broken Obelisk, 1963-1967 Cor-ten steel 312 × 126 × 126 in | 792.5 × 320 × 320 cm The Menil Collection Houston Get notifications for similar works Want to sell a work by this artist? Sell with Artsy Artist Series Portraits of Artists and Sculptors 113 available Portraits of Artists and Sculptors 113 available


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Instead, it was going to be used to install Barnett Newman's "Broken Obelisk," one of the icons of modern art. The important 25-foot-5-inch steel piece, which the artist fabricated in 1969, is on.


Newman (19051970), Broken Obelisk, gift of the Virginia Wright fund, 2001, Red Square

The recent conservation of the Rothko Chapel's Broken Obelisk, a monumental steel sculpture by Barnett Newman, illustrates these challenges.Broken Obelisk was envisioned and fabricated in the 1960s, when large outdoor metal sculptures were a rarity. The artist described his vision to his fabricators, Lippincott, with sketches, and they built the first two versions of the sculpture between 1964.


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Broken Obelisk is a sculpture designed by Barnett Newman between 1963 and 1967. Fabricated from three tons of Cor-Ten steel, which acquires a rust-colored patina, it is the largest and best known of his six sculptures. [better source needed] Broken Obelisk in front of Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas.


New Windsor, NY USA Aug. 9, 2015 View of Newman`s Broken Obelisk, 19631967

Barnett Newman (1905 - 1970) was an American artist and a significant figure in abstract expressionism. His paintings are composed to communicate a sense of locality, presence, and contingency. "Broken Obelisk" is his most significant and best known of his six sculptures. Broken Obelisk in the University of Washington's Red Square


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Barnett Newman, Broken Obelisk (1963/1967). © 2020 The Barnett Newman Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. The story of Broken Obelisk and Houston begins in 1967, when the city became one of two to be awarded a matching grant for public sculpture as part of a new federal arts program. [1]


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Jonathan Jones Wed 22 Oct 2008 08.12 EDT Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk balances enigmatically above a long, shallow reflecting pool outside the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas. Lush.


Newman Broken Obelisk. 196369. MoMA, NYC Flickr

Born: January 29, 1905 - New York, New York Died: July 4, 1970 - New York, New York Movements and Styles: Abstract Expressionism , Color Field Painting , Action Painting , The Sublime in Art Barnett Newman Summary Accomplishments


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Broken Obelisk is a sculpture designed by Barnett Newman between 1963 and 1967. Fabricated from three tons of Cor-Ten steel, which acquires a rust-colored patina, it is the largest and best known of his six sculptures. [1] [better source needed] Four multiples of the sculpture exist.


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Barnett Newman's monumental architectural sculpture Broken Obelisk ( fig. 1) would seem at first to be unrelated to the principal history of his generation, that is, World War II with its millions of dead. After all, the sculpture was designed for no particular site in 1963-64 and fabricated in 1967 in an edition of three.


'Broken Obelisk' by Newman, the Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas Rothko, newman

Outside, Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk rises above the reflecting pool on the Plaza. The sculpture is dedicated to The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose active outer life in service of social justice, informed by a deeply spiritual interior life, resonated with founders John and Dominique de Menil.


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Even though Barnett Newman is principally known for his paintings, one of his most acclaimed artworks is the monumental sculpture Broken Obelisk (1963-1967). The sculpture encompasses the ideas that Newman dealt with throughout his career, mainly the pursuit and expression of 'the sublime'.


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Barnett Newman has 61 works online. There are 1,635 sculptures online. Installation views We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history. From Line to Plane 6 other works identified Jun 8-Nov 1, 2010


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Barnett Newman. Broken Obelisk. 1963-69 Cor-Ten steel, 24' 7 1/4" x 10' 5 1/2" x 10' 5 1/2" (749.9 x 318.8 x 318.8 cm). Given anonymously. © 2022 Barnett Newman Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Narrator 1: 7-0. Broken Obelisk. Made between 1963 and 1967 by American artist Barnett Newman, 1905-1970.