A Square Within Two Triangles (Drawing for Silk Screen Print Basel)
1977
Robert Mangold's A Square Within Two Triangles is a geometric drawing conceived as a silk screen print composition in 1977. The work exemplifies his systematic exploration of fundamental shapes and their spatial relationships.
- Medium
- A Square Within Two Triangles (Drawing for Silk Screen Print Basel)
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
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🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art | New York
December 9, 2021
Estimate: $18,000 to $25,000
Lot 121
Artists in conversation
Frank Stella
American · b. 1936
Stella's geometric abstraction from the 1970s similarly explores precise relationships between fundamental shapes on flat surfaces, using systematic arrangements of polygons and lines with a conceptual rigor that closely mirrors Mangold's mathematical approach to composition.
Sol LeWitt
American · b. 1928
LeWitt's conceptual geometric drawings and prints from the same era share Mangold's preoccupation with simple shapes like squares and triangles governed by logical systems, where the idea and spatial relationships between forms take precedence over expressive gesture.
Richard Paul Lohse
Swiss · b. 1902
Lohse's systematic Concrete Art compositions employ precise geometric forms and mathematical structures in print and drawing contexts, reflecting the same rigorous conceptual framework and reduction to fundamental shapes visible in Mangold's silk screen design work.
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