Art, literature & historyAchilles
1952
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil and acrylic resin on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 241.6 x 201 x 5.7 cm (95 1/8 x 79 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1988.57.5
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Achilles — Barnett Newman. 1952.
Medium: oil and acrylic resin on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 241.6 x 201 x 5.7 cm (95 1/8 x 79 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1988.57.5. Gift of Annalee Newman, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.