Untitled (Holiday Card)
1993
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color woodcut on japan paper
Dimensions
image: 12.7 x 11.43 cm (5 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 24.77 x 15.88 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Accession Number
2010.12.35
Art Historical Context
Robert Mangold's *Untitled (Holiday Card)* (1993) is a delightful example of the artist's minimalist sensibility translated into an intimate print format. Renowned for his geometric abstractions featuring subtle curves, asymmetrical forms, and muted color palettes, Mangold often explored the interplay of line and shape on canvas. Created as a holiday greeting, this small-scale work reflects his signature restraint and precision, transforming a seasonal tradition into a refined artistic statement during the early 1990s, a period when he was deepening his engagement with printmaking alongside pa...
About the Artist
Robert Mangold
Robert Mangold, born on October 12, 1937, in North Tonawanda, New York, grew up in a working-class family near Buffalo, where his father toiled in an organ factory and his mother worked as a department store buyer. From an early age, he showed artistic talent, borrowing art books from the library and pursuing illustration in high school. Mangold trained at the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1956 ...