BARNETT NEWMAN

Canto XIV, from 18 Cantos (Sparks 16)

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BARNETT NEWMAN
Canto XIV, from 18 Cantos (Sparks 16)
lithograph in blue-red and brown-red, 1964, on Angoumois à la main, signed, titled and dated in pencil, inscribed 'artist's proof' (the only recorded artist proof, the edition was 18), published by ULAE, West Islip, New York, with full margins, in very good condition, framed
L. 14 5/8 x 12½ in. (370 x 317 mm.)
S. 16¼ x 13 5/8 in. (413 x 346 mm.)

Lot Essay

According to Esther Sparks Canto XIV was intended to be the final page in the Cantos portfolio, to coincide with Newman's monumental painting series The Fourteen Stations of the Cross, but he was so excited by the reds in both the title page and Canto XIV that he decided to add four more pages.

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