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Square within a Square

1974

Robert Mangold

Associated Names

Robert Mangold

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a geometric composition with a square rotated to form a diamond shape filled with orange color. Inside this diamond, there is a smaller black square. The background is light blue graph paper.

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Artwork overview

Medium

orange crayon and graphite on graph 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: 20.1 x 26.4 cm (7 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

1991.241.98

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

1977

Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, November 11, 1977-January 1, 1978

Bibliography

1977

Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1977, 100.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: R. Mangold Square within a Square / 1974

Wikidata ID

Q64628935

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