Visual Documentation for Barnett Newman’s Curatorial Projects, 1944-1946 PART II: Commentary and Assessment

Authors

Michael Schreyach, Trinity UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2022

Abstract

The article discusses visual documentation for American artist Barnett Newman's curatorial projects, 1944-1946. Topics include two exhibitions curated by Barnett Newman, Pre-Columbian Stone Sculpture and Northwest Coast Indian Painting; drawing using brush and ink on paper by Newman and double-faced wolf mask; and how Newman's embodied identification with the art of pre-Hispanic and Indigenous American Indian art, as represented in his drawing and in his portrait photograph.

DOI

10.1086/722325

Repository Citation

Schreyach, Michael. “Visual Documentation for Barnett Newman’s Curatorial Projects, 1944-1946 PART II: Commentary and Assessment,” Source Notes in the History of Art 41:4 (Summer 2022): 287–98.

Publication Information

Source Notes in the History of Art