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"tombstone": "Curved Plane/Figure VII (Study), 1995. Robert Mangold (American, 1937-). Acrylic and graphite on three canvases on stretchers joined to form a lunette; framed: 117.5 x 83.2 x 5.8 cm (46 1/4 x 32 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.); unframed: 124.5 x 248.9 cm (49 x 98 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art on the occasion of its 35th anniversary, 1995.171. \u00a9 Robert Mangold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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"inscription": "signed in black marker on verso of each canvas: Panel a: R.M. 1995 panel A; Panel b: R. Mangold Curved Plane/Figure VII (study) panel B; Panel c: R.M. 1995 panel C.",
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"title": "Robert Mangold: Paintings, 1990-2002",
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"title": "Contemporary Installation",
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"description": "Aspen Art Museum (2/14/2003-4/13/2003): \"Robert Mangold: Paintings, 1990-2002\"",
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"description": "MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): \"The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art\", no. 139, p. 124, color repr. p. 47.",
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"description": "Form, color, and drawing are central to the abstract paintings of Robert Mangold. In this half-scale study for one of eleven paintings in his Curved Plane/ Figure Series from 1994\u201395, Mangold joined three canvas panels to form a large, harmonious semicircular composition. He unified the painted surface by blending the smooth red-orange pigment of the left panel with the gray of the right to create the color of the central section. On this background, Mangold used black pencil to draw two ovals, one standing upright, while the other leans to the right. As the title suggests, the subject of the painting is the contrast between the flat, painted surfaces and the illusion of depth suggested by the drawn shapes.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, \u201cThe Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,\u201d December 20, 1995, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/cmapr4002"
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"citation": "Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.",
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:51:50.411000"
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