Josef Albers

Homage to the Square: "Wait"
1967

A vibrant abstract painting with a series of nested squares in shades of red and orange.

A vibrant abstract painting with a series of nested squares in shades of red and orange.

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Date
1967

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 47 7/8 × 47 7/8in. (121.6 × 121.6 cm)

Accession number
2007.81

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler

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

API
artworks/25643

Part of a series:

Homage to the Square

13 works

A framed artwork featuring a series of concentric squares in shades of brown, gray, and teal, creating a visual effect of depth on a white background.

A minimalist artwork featuring a series of three concentric squares in shades of yellow and gold, each square smaller and a lighter shade than the one surrounding it, all against a white background.

A minimalist artwork featuring a series of concentric squares in shades of green and gray, with the outermost square being a bright green and the innermost square a dark gray, all on a white background.

A minimalist artwork featuring a series of concentric squares in shades of yellow, orange, and peach, each square smaller and a shade darker than the one surrounding it, creating a visual effect of depth on a white background.

A minimalist artwork featuring a series of concentric squares in shades of green and gray, with each square bordering the next in a progressively lighter hue from the outermost dark gray to the innermost bright turquoise. The piece is framed with a white border.

A minimalist artwork featuring a series of nested squares in shades of red, with each square bordering a lighter shade as they progress inwards, centered on a white background.

A framed artwork featuring a series of concentric squares in different colors, with the outermost square in dark green, followed by teal, gray, and a central square in yellow, all on a white background.

A framed artwork featuring a series of three concentric squares, each a different color, with a white border around the image. The outermost square is teal, the middle square is gray, and the innermost square is brown.

A framed artwork featuring a series of concentric squares with a large yellow square centered within gray and green squares, creating a bold geometric design.

A vibrant abstract painting with a series of nested squares in shades of red and orange.

Exhibitions

Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960s

Mar 29–Aug 18, 2019

Josef Albers
123 works in the collection

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