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Four Squares within a Square II, Robert Mangold, 1974
Robert Mangold, portraitRobert MangoldAmerican, 1937

Four Squares within a Square II

1974 · Painting · 182.9 × 182.9 cm

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked
3 days ago
In this state since
Sep 25, 2026
Source
The museum
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About the painting

The artist conceived this Minimalist painting as a flat, neutral surface. He had the canvas mechanically sprayed with acrylic paint and then subdivided it with pencil lines intersecting at right angles.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Particulars

1974 · aged 37
1937now
Accession number
75.2

In the catalog

PaintingsAcrylicAmerican paintingPost-war art20th centuryUnited States

Sources

  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
  • Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © Robert Mangold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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