Josef Albers

Homage to the Square: "White Enclave"
1962

Abstract art with a yellow background and a centered white square within a beige square.
Abstract art with a yellow background and a centered white square within a beige square.

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Date
1962

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 48 × 48in. (121.9 × 121.9 cm)

Accession number
85.31

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Woodward Foundation in memory of Sarah R. Woodward, wife of Stanley Woodward

Rights and reproductions
©The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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artworks/1747

Part of a series:

Hommage au Carre

15 works

A minimalist artwork featuring a series of concentric squares with colors graduating from yellow at the center, to light orange, to a deeper orange, and finally to a reddish-orange on the outermost square, all on a white background.
A minimalist artwork featuring a series of nested squares with a progression of colors from a dark gray outer square to a bright green innermost square, all on a white background.
A minimalist artwork featuring a series of three concentric squares with varying shades of gray and maroon, centered on a white background.
A minimalist artwork featuring a series of nested squares in shades of orange, gray, and black, centered on a white background.
A geometric abstract artwork featuring a series of nested squares in shades of blue and gray, centered on a white background. The squares create a visual effect of depth, with the innermost square appearing lighter in color.
A minimalist artwork featuring a series of nested squares with a large blue square on the outside, a smaller black square in the middle, and an even smaller red square at the center, all on a white background.
A minimalist artwork featuring a series of three concentric squares, each a different color, with a yellow outer square, an orange middle square, and a red inner square, all on a white background.
A minimalist artwork featuring a series of concentric squares in shades of orange, peach, and yellow, centered on a white background.
A minimalist artwork featuring two concentric squares with a pale yellow outer square and a bright yellow inner square, centered on a white background.
A minimalist artwork featuring a series of nested squares with a large green square surrounding a smaller blue square, all on a white background.

Josef Albers
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