id: 157669 accession number: 1995.171 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.171 updated: 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 © Robert Mangold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: Curved Plane/Figure VII (Study) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1995 creation date earliest: 1995 creation date latest: 1995 current location: creditline: Gift of the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art on the occasion of its 35th anniversary copyright: © Robert Mangold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: acrylic and graphite on three canvases on stretchers joined to form a lunette department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Robert Mangold (American, 1937-) - artist --- measurements: 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: 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. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Robert Mangold: Paintings, 1990-2002 opening date: 2003-02-14T00:00:00 Robert Mangold: Paintings, 1990-2002. Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (organizer) (February 14-April 13, 2003). title: Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021 opening date: 2021-04-20T04:00:00 Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Aspen Art Museum (2/14/2003-4/13/2003): "Robert Mangold: Paintings, 1990-2002"

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. --- PROVENANCE (Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Robert Mangold prefers to create artwork in series, each representing a process of experimentation with a specific idea, such as form, shape, or color. digital 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 1994–95, 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” December 20, 1995, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4002 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. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 46-47, no. 139 url: --- IMAGES