A similar surface tension, created by very different means and to a very different effect, pervades the paintings of Gabriele Evertz, which are composed of
thin vertical bands and narrow, tapered bars contained within a horizontal format.
In Newman's best paintings, such as Cathedra (1950 - 1951) and Vir heroicus sublimis (1950 - 1951), the imagery consists of a single field of color that is inflected by one or two
thin vertical bands.
Not exact matches
Beginning from the left, the viewer follows: broad, lateral
bands of red - orange and yellow; s angled stripes of pinkish - white and black;
thin vertical streaks of black and gray; thick red and blue horizontal panels; imprecise strips of black and gray; and broad
bands of yellow and black.
His
vertical stripes in the 1960s varied, from wide
bands of candy - colored hues to
thin lines clustered on the left and right side of the canvas, flanking a blank center.