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Sylvia Plimack Mangold — Untitled
Sylvia Plimack Mangold

Untitled

1969

A meticulously detailed 1969 painting of the inlaid wooden floor in Sylvia Plimack Mangold's New York City apartment and studio, a subject central to her early career. Working in acrylic on canvas, Mangold renders the grain, joinery, and shifting light of the floorboards with exacting precision, transforming a quiet domestic surface into a study of perception, perspective, and the slow attention of looking. The work belongs to a seminal body of floor paintings from the late 1960s and early 1970s in which Mangold used a familiar interior as a vehicle for investigating representation, illusionism, and the act of painting itself.

Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions

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Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Untitled, 1969

A meticulously detailed 1969 painting of the inlaid wooden floor in Sylvia Plimack Mangold's New York City apartment and studio, a subject central to her early career. Working in acrylic on canvas, Mangold renders the grain, joinery, and shifting light of the floorboards with exacting precision, transforming a quiet domestic surface into a study of perception, perspective, and the slow attention of looking. The work belongs to a seminal body of floor paintings from the late 1960s and early 1970s in which Mangold used a familiar interior as a vehicle for investigating representation, illusionism, and the act of painting itself.

Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
83.8 x 106.7 cm
Year
1969
Seen at
Pace Gallery, New York, USA

Related themes

Domestic Interior, Twentieth Century, Blue Chip, Observational, Acrylic On Canvas, Perspective, Perception, American, Photorealism, Early Career, Representation, Interior, Realism, Female Artist, Floor, Warm Tones, 1960s, Works on Canvas, Contemporary, Wood Grain

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Art Institute of Chicago