Black Fire I

Painting by Barnett Newman

Black Fire I

Artist	Barnett Newman
Year	1961 (1961)
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	289.5 cm × 213.3 cm (114 in × 84 in); 2
Location	Private collection

Black Fire I is an 1961 oil on canvas abstract expressionist painting by Barnett Newman, completed in 1961.^[1]^[2]

Background

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

See also

List of most expensive paintings

References

^ "Yahoo News". 14 May 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
^ "Christie's". Retrieved September 20, 2014.
^ "Black Fire I". Retrieved December 10, 2014.
^ "In The Saleroom: Barnett Newman's Black Fire I". Retrieved December 7, 2014.

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Barnett Newman

Paintings

Vir Heroicus Sublimis (1950-51)
Black Fire I (1961)
Voice of Fire (1967)

Painting series

The Stations of the Cross (1958-1966)
Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue (1966-1970)

Sculptures

Broken Obelisk (1963-1967)

Related

Abstract expressionism
Color field

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