The Nut Trees
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color woodblock on Echizen Kozo paper
Dimensions
image: 31 x 47.6 cm (12 3/16 x 18 3/4 in.) sheet: 42.2 x 61.3 cm (16 5/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
1998.40.355
Art Historical Context
Sylvia Plimack Mangold's *The Nut Trees* (1985) is a striking color woodblock print that captures the artist's fascination with natural forms and perceptual precision. Rendered on luxurious Echizen Kozo paper—a traditional Japanese handmade sheet prized for its strength, absorbency, and subtle texture—this work measures 31 x 47.6 cm in its image area. Mangold, a leading American realist born in 1938, is renowned for her meticulous depictions of trees and domestic spaces, bridging observation and abstraction in the late 20th-century art scene. The woodblock technique, rooted in East Asian prin...