Josef Albers

Hommage au Carre
1964

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 nested squares with a progression of colors from a dark gray outer square to a bright green innermost square, all on a white background.

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Date
1964

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/8 × 30in. (48.6 × 76.2 cm) Sheet (folded): 19 1/8 × 15in. (48.6 × 38.1 cm) Image: 11 × 11in. (27.9 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
65.92.10

Edition
27/125

Publication
Printed by Atelier Arcay; published by Editions Denise René

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

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

API
artworks/3429

Part of a series:

Hommage au Carre

15 works

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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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