Lot 176
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Robert Mangold

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Mangold
  • Green / 2 Orange X Painting
  • signed twice on the stretcher; signed, titled and dated 1983 on a metal plate adhered to the reverse
  • acrylic and black pencil on canvas
  • 76 by 88 1/2 in. 193 by 224.8 cm.
  • Diagonal: 96 by 100 1/4 in. 243.8 by 254.6 cm.

Provenance

John Weber Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1983

Literature

Exh. Cat., Museum Wiesbaden; Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, Robert Mangold Paintings and Drawings 1984-1997, October 1998 - August 1999, cat. no. 505, p. 173

Condition

This work is in very good overall condition. The canvas of the green diagonal is mounted to wood while the canvas of the orange diagonal is stretched around a stretcher. There is a slight undulation to the canvas at the lower pull margin of the green stripe at the point at which it crosses the orange stripe. There is evidence of slight wear and handling to the edges. There is no apparent evidence of restoration visible under UV inspection. Unframed.
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