Black Fire I Explained

Black Fire I
Image Upright:	1.1
Artist:	Barnett Newman
Medium:	oil on canvas
Height Metric:	289.5
Width Metric:	213.3
Height Imperial:	114
Width Imperial:	84
Dimensions:	2
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
Museum:	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yahoo News. 14 May 2014. June 9, 2014. 1.
2. Web site: Christie's. September 20, 2014. 2.
3. Web site: Black Fire I. December 10, 2014. 3.
4. Web site: In The Saleroom: Barnett Newman's Black Fire I. December 7, 2014. 4.