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Josef Albers
Homage to the Square1951-1955

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Abstract painting of four concentric squares in marigold yellow, lavender-gray, teal green, and pumpkin orange, centered on a square canvas

Josef Albers, Homage to the Square, 1951-1955, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Anni Albers and the Josef Albers Foundation, Inc., photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Josef Albers
Germany, active United States, 1888-1976
Title
Homage to the Square
Date Made
1951-1955
Medium
Oil on masonite
Dimensions
24 × 24 in. (60.96 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Anni Albers and the Josef Albers Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
M.81.51.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Zelevansky, Lynn, V. L. Hillings, M. Peternák, B. LaBelle, P. Frank, I. Katzenstein, A. Le Blanc. Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-70s. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2004.
  • Borchardt-Hume, Achim, ed. Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World. London: Tate Publishing, 2006.
Copyright
© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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