1907 – 1960
Age of Global Conflict

Newman's Vir Heroicus Sublimis


Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis, oil on canvas, 1950-51 (MoMA)

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Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis, 1950-51
New York, United States
1950-51

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