Barnett Newman

Abstract With Carol Mancusi-UngaroCarol Mancusi-Ungaro, co-author of the 2004 Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné, will address issues pertaining to the history, presence, and preservation of Newman’s Broken Obelisk. Installed on the plaza of the Rothko Chapel in 1970, the sculpture embraces the ethos of the Chapel while embodying the cultural development of Houston. Barnett Newman (1905-1970), best known as a painter, is indelibly linked with the Rothko Chapel as the...

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Photocopy of the ARTnews October 1971 publication, "Around Barnett Newman" by Jeanne Siegel. The article is incomplete, containing 7 pages. The article consists of interviews with, and statements from, 12 artists who worked with Newman on his paintings and sculptures, as a major retrospective of his art opens at the Museum of Modern Art (Oct.20-Jan.10).

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File conains 3 paperback copies of the book "Barnett Newman: Broken Obelisk and Other Sculptures" (1971) by Harold Rosenberg, Published by Henry Art Gallery; University of Washington Press; Communications regarding the sale of the book at the Chapel.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Files include:0. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d. 0. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d. 0. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d. 02. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20 03. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26 04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper...