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Grey Irregular Area with a Drawn Ellipse (model)

1986

Robert Mangold

Artist, American, born 1937

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Artwork overview

Medium

acrylic and crayon pencil on hardboard
Credit Line

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

overall size (irregularly shaped): 52.1 x 33 cm (20 1/2 x 13 in.)
Accession

1991.241.117

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

Jenseits des Bildes, Werke von Robert Barry, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, Richard Tuttle, aus der Sammlung Dorothy & Herbert Vogel, New York (Beyond the Picture, Works by..., from the Collection...), Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 1987, no. 118, 247.

Inscriptions

across center reverse: R. Mangold 1986 / Gray Irregular Area with a Drawn Ellipse (model)

Wikidata ID

Q20197932

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