Exact Ruler II
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Exact Ruler II” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Exact Ruler II (1974) depicts a stainless steel ruler, lying horizontally across a span of vertical wooden floorboards that fill the painting’s frame. It belongs to Sylvia Plimack Mangold’s series of paintings, made between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s, comprising meticulous renderings of floors, often with rulers, graph paper, and masking tape. As they engage numerous art historical traditions, these paintings also model—and encourage—the practice of paying exquisite attention to one’s surroundings.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 2025.147
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — © 1974 Sylvia Plimack Mangold
![Untitled (Studio Corner) [recto], Sylvia Plimack Mangold, 1972](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/24910c62-0d52-47d4-a787-9f5c9706f98a/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
