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Correlation:  Two white line diagonals and two arcs with a 16 foot radius by Robert Mangold
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Correlation: Two white line diagonals and two arcs with a 16 foot radius
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography

Correlation: Two white line diagonals and two arcs with a 16 foot radius

Year1978
Classification painting
Medium porcelain-enamel and steel
Dimensionsvarying
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration

  • Robert Mangold's "Correlation: Two White Lines Diagonals and Two Arcs with a 16 Foot Radius" functions as an example of Minimalism.  The painting adds dynamism to the dull gray building, by contrasting the color of the structure, with its reddish-orange in color.



    Consisting of two sections, which measure 20' x 8' x 2" and 8' x 8' x 2", the rectangle


    functions as the basis of the form and characteristic of minimal work.  In this composition, Mangold uses ten enamel painted steel plates in the shape of rectangles, in which four of the quadrangles produce one larger rectangle and four other rectangles form an inverted "L".  This composition located on the western facade of the building contains a white diagonal line on the rectangular box and a blue arc on the "L".  Two remaining rectangles are on the south side of the structure, which completes the inverted "L", makes a box, and contains a white diagonal and blue arc.



    Main section upper panels:  20' x 8' x 2" and second section: 8' x 8' x 2".