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Lot 123
  • 123

Robert Mangold

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Mangold
  • Frame Painting # 4
  • signed, titled and dated 1984 on the overlap; signed, titled and dated 1984 on the stretcher
  • acrylic and pencil on canvas
  • 134 by 92cm.; 52 3/4 by 36 1/4 in.

Provenance

Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich
Acquired directly from the above by the late owner in 1984

Literature

Richard Shiff, Robert Storr, Arthur Danto and Nancy Princenthal, Robert Mangold, London 2000, p. 238, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Upon extremely close inspection, there is evidence of light handling towards the lower two corners, and a small number of isolated and unobtrusive fly spots scattered in places. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

“As painting gradually became more of a window into some other reality, shape tended to defeat or contradict the illusion.  Shape is the first element in my work: I would not say that it is the most important, but everything starts there.” (Robert Storr, Richard Shiff, Robert Mangold, and Arthur C. Danto, Robert Mangold, Phiadon Press, London, 2000, p.62)