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Four Triangles Within a Square # 2

1974

Robert Mangold

Associated Names

Robert Mangold

Artist, American, born 1937

The image displays thin, beige lines intersecting at various angles on a dusty brown background, forming an abstract geometric composition. The lines create shapes resembling elongated triangles or fragmented surfaces.

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Artwork overview

Medium

yellow pencil over graphite on brown wove paper
Credit Line

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Dimensions

overall: 55.8 x 56 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.241.97

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York, NY; purchase/gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel

Exhibition History

1987

Beyond the Picture: Works by Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Richard Tuttle from the Collection of Dorothy & Herbert Vogel, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 3 May-5 June 1987

Bibliography

1987

Beyond the Picture: Works by Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Richard Tuttle from the Collection of Dorothy & Herbert Vogel, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 1987, 95

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: FOUR TRIangles within a Square #2 R. Mangold 1974 white Line

Watermarks

HMP

Wikidata ID

Q64628934

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