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Vir Heroicus Sublimis

Barnett Newman · 1950–51

Catalog medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: The Museum of Modern Art
Accession: 240.1969

Physical record

Scale without reproducing the image

Metric: 242.2 × 541.7 cm
Approx. imperial: 7 ft 11.4 in × 17 ft 9.3 in
Planar area (calculated): 13.12 m²
Width / 170 cm reference: 3.19×
Height / 170 cm reference: 1.42×

Imperial dimensions, planar area, and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions, not source claims, artwork-shape reconstructions, or quality judgments.

Image decision: Bundled display blocked by copyrighted_no_license/metadata_only.

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Structured relationships

Process, material, form, ideas

Techniques

No structured techniques linked in the foundation corpus.

Materials

Oil paintmaterial
Canvasmaterial

Structured materials appear only through an explicit mapping relationship in the validated corpus; AEU does not infer normalized materials by parsing the catalog medium text.

Formal properties

Field structureformal property
Monumental scaleformal property

Concepts

Viewer immersionconcept

Claims / interpretation

Evidence with its type exposed

A source interpretation is not silently rewritten as an uncontested fact. Contested positions remain side by side.

viewer proximity

MoMA records that Newman intended viewers to encounter this unusually large painting from close range.

Evidence sources (1)

Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950–51 ↗

Documented path / mapping basis exposed

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Object → maker

Barnett Newmanartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.

Material & process

Oil paintmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
CanvasmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.

Formal & thematic

Field structureformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Monumental scaleformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Viewer immersionconceptBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.

Exhibition, place & history

Place this date on the AEU timeline1950–51Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.

Close Look

Close-looking guideobservation → interpretationBasis: Companion route for this same object record.

Source register

Direct record sources

Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950–51museum collection · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09
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