Carol C. Mancusi-Ungaro
Carol C. Mancusi-Ungaro is Melva Bucksbaum Associate Director for Conservation and Research at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Mancusi-Ungaro, Carol C.
Mancusi-Ungaro, Carol C.
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Description: Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné
Barnett Newman’s remarks about the work of Dan Flavin in September 1969 reveal...
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.117-138
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00235.004
Description: Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00235
Barnett Newman (1905–1970), one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, has captivated critics, scholars, and the general public for decades. This definitive catalogue raisonné presents Newman’s entire oeuvre—paintings, drawings, sculpture, graphics, an architectural model, lost and unfinished works, and ephemera. Featured elements include color reproductions; extensive provenance, exhibition, and publication histories; and a listing of the contents of the artist’s library at the time of his death.

In addition to the catalogue raisonné prepared by Heidi Colsman-Freyberger, the book offers revelatory essays on the artist, his career, and his working methods and features fascinating photographs of Newman, his studios, and his installations. Richard Shiff draws on new documentation to explain why Newman chose to create abstract art, how he achieved “fullness” in his paintings, and how his works exemplify the social functions of an artist. Carol C. Mancusi-Ungaro reveals extraordinary details about Newman’s studio practice and materials and techniques, information not available to the public before because Newman only allowed his wife to observe him at work. Mancusi-Ungaro also discusses the fate of works that were damaged while traveling to exhibitions or by vandals.

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Print publication date October 2004 (out of print)
Print ISBN 9780300101678
EISBN 9780300259780
Illustrations 451
Print Status out of print