Black Fire I

Black Fire I is a display of abstract expressionism painted by Barnett Newman, in 1961.[1]

Black Fire I
ArtistBarnett Newman
Year1961 (1961)

Painting Style

Oil on canvas, Color Field painting, (114 x 84 in. 289.5 x 213.3 cm.).[2]

History and Price

Black Fire I was sold to a private collector[3] for $84.2 million ($84,165,000) on 13 May 2014 at Rockefeller Plaza in New York,[4] after a telephone bidding war, exceeding the estimations of $50 million made by the organizing house, Christie’s.

See also

References
  1. "Yahoo News". Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  2. "Christie's". Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  3. "Black Fire I". Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  4. "In The Saleroom: Barnett Newman's Black Fire I". Retrieved December 7, 2014.
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