Josef Albers

Hommage au Carre

1964

Concentric squares in dark blue, medium blue, white, and gray centered on a white background.
Concentric squares in dark blue, medium blue, white, and gray centered on a white background.

Josef Albers, Hommage au Carre, 1964. Screenprint, sheet (Irregular): 19 1/8 × 30 in. (48.6 × 76.2 cm) Sheet (folded): 19 1/8 × 15 3/16 in. (48.6 × 38.6 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 11 3/16 in. (28.6 × 28.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 65.92.8. ©The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1964

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 19 1/8 × 30 in. (48.6 × 76.2 cm) Sheet (folded): 19 1/8 × 15 3/16 in. (48.6 × 38.6 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 11 3/16 in. (28.6 × 28.4 cm)

Accession number
65.92.8

Edition
27/125

Publication
Printed by Atelier Arcay; published by Editions Denise René

Credit line
Gift of the artist

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

API
artworks/3427

Part of a series:
Hommage au Carre
11 works

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Concentric squares in dark blue, medium blue, white, and gray centered on a white background.
Concentric squares in shades of yellow, orange, and brown centered on a white background.



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