Sylvia Plimack Mangold (American, born 1938). <em>Floor with Laundry No. 3</em>, 1971. Acrylic and pencil on canvas, 44 × 56 in. (111.8 × 142.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ivan and Sharon Koota in memory of Miriam Miller, 1993.213. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1993.213_PS6.jpg)

Sylvia Plimack Mangold (American, born 1938). Floor with Laundry No. 3, 1971. Acrylic and pencil on canvas, 44 × 56 in. (111.8 × 142.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ivan and Sharon Koota in memory of Miriam Miller, 1993.213. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1993.213_PS6.jpg)

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That is a painting by Sylvia Mangold. It addresses women's societal roles and inner lives, in an indirect way.

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Yes, Mangold puts us right on our hands and knees with that perspective. And the flooring is so meticulously rendered. Our curator pointed out that it hangs below a scene of a princess and a frog prince -- the fantasy, and the reality!

Floor with Laundry No. 3

Sylvia Plimack Mangold

Contemporary Art

Although now known primarily as a landscape painter, Sylvia Plimack Mangold engaged in the realistic depiction of domestic interiors until the mid-1970s. In this painting she painstakingly describes the geometry created by a patterned parquet floor strewn with articles of clothing. Using exaggerated perspective, the artist leads us into the depth of space, implying the large scale of the room. In contrast to the elaborately set up interiors that were the subject of paintings through the nineteenth century, Mangold presents a segment of a modern household where everyone is rushing, and tidying up is the last thing on anyone's mind.

ARTIST Sylvia Plimack Mangold, American, born 1938

MEDIUM Acrylic and pencil on canvas

Place Made: United States

DATES 1971

DIMENSIONS 44 × 56 in. (111.8 × 142.2 cm) frame: 45 3/4 × 58 × 2 in. (116.2 × 147.3 × 5.1 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 1993.213

CREDIT LINE Gift of Ivan and Sharon Koota in memory of Miriam Miller

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Sylvia Plimack Mangold (American, born 1938). Floor with Laundry No. 3, 1971. Acrylic and pencil on canvas, 44 × 56 in. (111.8 × 142.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ivan and Sharon Koota in memory of Miriam Miller, 1993.213. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1993.213_PS6.jpg)

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This is interesting.

That is a painting by Sylvia Mangold. It addresses women's societal roles and inner lives, in an indirect way.

Yes, I see that! I love that the menial task of laundry is represented.