Sean Yetter on Barnett Newman’s Vir Heroicus Sublimis
A skeptical eye is won over by the “momentous simplicity” of Newman’s outsized painting.
Sep 10, 2021
In the online edition of MoMA’s ArtSpeaks program, a member of our staff shares personal impressions of an artwork in the galleries. Here, departing video producer Sean Yetter recalls his first day on the job—and the first time he fell under the spell of Barnett Newman’s painting Vir Heroicus Sublimis.
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