thumb|270px|Broken Obelisk in front of [[Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas.]]

thumb | 270px |Broken Obelisk in the [[University of Washington's Red Square]]

Broken Obelisk is a sculpture designed by Barnett Newman between 1963 and 1967. Fabricated from three tons of Cor-Ten steel, which acquires a rust-colored patina, it is the largest and best known of his six sculptures. where it was part of an exhibit titled "Scale and Content" (1967), which also consisted of Tony Smith's Smoke and Ronald Bladen's The X. Broken Obelisk generated some controversy in Washington, as it appeared to be a reference to a broken upside-down Washington Monument at a time of civil unrest. When Corcoran director James Harithas resigned in 1969, Barnett Newman had the sculpture removed.

  • Rothko Chapel
  • Red Square at the University of Washington
  • :Broken Obelisk was installed in 1971 at the Red Square at the University of Washington's main campus in Seattle.

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Further reading

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  • Images of Broken Obelisk by Barnett Newman
  • Broken Obelisk - Barnett Newman, Outdoor Sculpture Gallery, Nassau County Museum of Art
  • Broken Obelisk on the East Terrace at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Broken Obelisk at MoMA in New York City