Canvas fragment c. 20th century

Curator: Barnett Newman, famed for his color field paintings, is also the creator of this intriguing "Canvas Fragment" housed at the Harvard Art Museums. Editor: It’s so unassuming. It's a small, almost beige square. It looks like a blank page. Is it meant to be nothing? Curator: Perhaps it represents potential? Newman explored the sublime through abstraction. A fragment holds the ghost of the larger work, doesn't it? Editor: It does evoke a sense of quiet expectation. Knowing Newman's interest in the monumental, this humble piece feels almost subversive. Curator: Think of it, then, as a whisper of the infinite. The unpainted canvas before the storm of creation. Editor: It makes you appreciate the journey, not just the destination. A blank slate waiting to be filled. Curator: Precisely. A reminder that every masterpiece begins with a single, unadorned moment. Editor: So simple, yet so profound. It makes you wonder about all the unseen potential around us.