Sylvia Plimack Mangold

Selected Works
View of Schunnemunk Mountain
1980
Lithograph from eight plates in twelve colors, with hand-coloring in red and yellow

Paper size: 20 3/4 × 32 1/4 inches in (53 × 82 cm)
Frame size: 23 x 34 5/8 inches
Edition of 50, 5 AP
Signed, dated, numbered, and dedicated lower edge
(Inventory #39888)

Landscape 1981 (March Sunset)
1981
Oil on canvas

12 1/4 x 28 inches (31.1 x 71.1 cm)
Signed recto, titled verso
(Inventory #39232)

South in the Summer #1 [17] July 1983
1983
Pastel on paper

Paper size: 29 x 42 inches (73.7 x 106.7 cm)
Frame size: 37 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches (95.3 x 125.7 cm)
Signed and dated left recto
(Inventory #39230)

The Nut Trees
1985
Color woodcut on paper

Image size: 12 1/8 x 18 3/4 inches (30.8 x 47.6 cm)
Paper size: 26 x 29 1/4 inches (66 x 74.3 cm)
Frame size: 20 3/8 x 27 7/8 inches (51.8 x 70.8 cm)
Edition of 100, 20 AP
Signed, numbered, and dated lower right recto; titled lower left recto
(Inventory #37923)

Aquatint, Sugarlift and Golden Changes
1977
Portfolio of 3 etchings and aquatints in color

Images size (landscape): 8 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches (21.2 x 28.89 cm)
Image size (monochrome & ruler): 3 1/8 x 5 inches (7.9 x 12.7 cm)
Image size (ruler & brushstrokes): 8 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (21.59 x 21.9 cm)
Paper size: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches each (27.6 x 35.2 cm each)
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered lower right in pencil
(Inventory #37585)

Untitled
1977
Acrylic on linen

Fabric size: 17 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (45.1 x 44.5 cm)
Frame size: 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 inches (54.9 x 54.9 cm)
Signed lower right recto
(Inventory #37867)

Six Inches Four Ways
1976
Rubber stamp print on Kilmurray paper

Paper size: 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Frame size: 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (29.2 x 29.2 cm)
Edition of 1000
Numbered lower verso. Unsigned.
Stamp made by Unity Engraving Company, Inc.
Printed by A. Colish Press
(Inventory #34514)

Recycled tracing torn from painting of 36″ Rule with Light
1975
Acrylic, ink, and graphite on paper

Paper size: 18 1/8 x 24 inches (46 x 61 cm)
Frame size: 22 x 27 3/4 inches (55.9 x 70.5 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated lower right recto
(Inventory #39228)

Flexible and Stainless
1975
Lithograph from one plate and three stones in black (twice), transparent gray, and light opaque yellow on Arches Cover white paper

Image size: 10 5/8 x 15 inches (27.3 x 38.2 cm)
Paper size: 21 1/8 x 29 3/8 inches (53.7 x 74.6 cm)
Edition of 50
Signed lower right, titled lower center and numbered lower left
(Inventory #32058)

January 4th, 1986
1986
Ink and egg tempera on paper

Paper size: 17 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches (45.1 x 57.1 cm)
Frame size: 25 x 29 5/8 inches (63.5 x 75.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower recto
(Inventory #39233)

The Pin Oak
1999
Watercolor with pencil on paper

Image/paper size: 22 x 30 inches (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Frame size: 30 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (77.5 x 97.8 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right in graphite
(Inventory #34618)

The Pin Oak
2001
Watercolor and pencil on paper

Paper size: 22 x 30 inches (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Frame size: 29 1/2 x 37 1/4 inches (74.9 x 94.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right recto “Sylvia Plimack Mangold 9/01”
(Inventory #36029)

The Pin Oak Detail (A & B)
2003
Diptych with drypoint and aquatint on paper with deckled edge

Image size: 13 x 10 1/4 inches each (33 x 26 cm each)
Paper size: 25 x 18 1/2 inches each (63.5 x 47 cm each)
Edition of 25
Signed and dated lower right, titled and numbered lower left on each sheet in graphite
(Inventory #24905)

Winter Pin Oak Diptych (A & B)
2005
Set of two drypoints with aquatint on paper with deckled edge

Image size: 22 1/4 x 9 inches (57 x 22.9 cm)
Paper size: 29 x 17 inches each sheet (74 x 43 cm)
Edition of 30
Signed lower center, dated lower right and numbered lower left with A & B initialed in pencil on each sheet
(Inventory #27958)

Pin Oak Crown
2006
Drypoint and etching with aquatint

Edition of 34
Image/paper size:  17 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches  (45 x 60.3 cm)
Signed, dated, and numbered lower right in graphite
(Inventory #32457)

The Pin Oak 4/09
2009
Watercolor with pencil on paper

Image/paper size: 22 x 30 inches (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Frame size: 30 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (77.5 x 97.8 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right in graphite
(Inventory #32316)

Maple Tree
1990
Drypoint

Image size: 19 7/8 x 28 inches  (50.48 x 71.1 cm)
Paper size: 27 7/8 x 39 1/4 inches  (70.8 x 99.7 cm)
Edition of 35
Signed and dated lower right, titled lower center and numbered lower left
(Inventory #21727)

Maple Tree
1998
Drypoint and etching on paper

Image size: 13 3/4 x 11 inches (34.9 x 27.9 cm)
Paper size: 22 1/4 x 18 inches (56.5 x 45.7 cm)
Frame size: 23 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches (59.7 x 49.2 cm)
Edition of 25
Signed, dated, and numbered lower recto
(Inventory #36036)

Summer Maple
2008
Drypoint and etching with aquatint on paper

Image size: 16 3/4 x 21 inches (42.5 x 53.3 cm)
Paper size: 22 1/4 x 26 inches (56.5 x 66 cm)
Edition of 30
Signed, dated, and numbered lower recto
(Inventory #32507)

Maple Tree Detail
2015
Drypoint with spitbite aquatint on paper with deckled edge

Image/plate size: 11 x 13 7/8 inches (27.9 x 35.2 cm)
Paper size: 17 5/8 x 20 inches (44.8 x 50.8 cm)
Frame size: 20 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches (51.4 x 57.2 cm)
Edition of 30
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left
(Inventory #36037)

The Elm Tree (State II)
1994
Drypoint with aquatint

Edition of 27
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left, titled lower center
Image size: 16 3/4 x 13 inches
(42.5 x 33 cm)
Paper size: 23 3/8 x 19 inches
(59.3 x 48.2 cm)
(Inventory #21720)

The Locust Trees, State II
1988
Drypoint and etching with aquatint on paper

Image size: 17 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches (45.1 x 56.8 cm)
Paper size: 26 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches (67 x 80 cm)
Edition of 30
Signed, dated, titled, and numbered lower recto
(Inventory #37881)

Additional Information

Sylvia Plimack Mangold is an American painter and teacher.  She was born in 1938 in New York City and studied at Yale after receiving a certificate from the Cooper Union. She began exhibiting her paintings in the late 1960’s. In the 1980’s the primary focus of her work became landscapes of the Hudson River Valley, where she lives.

A 1993 retrospective of her works on paper traveled to six university art museums. Plimack Mangold has been included in many group exhibitions, including WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Building and Breaking the Grid: 1962-2002, Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Annamarie Verna Galerie, Zurich.

Sylvia Plimack Mangold received the 2007 CU President’s Citation and was inducted into The Cooper Union Hall of Fame in 2009.