Barnett Newman, Broken obelisk 1963/67/2005, weathering steel; © 2018 The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / ARS, New York / VISCOPY
In 1963, Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington (USA). That same year, American artist Barnett Newman conceived of the sculpture Broken Obelisk – equally an icon of a moment in art history.
