Josef Albers

Homage to the Square V
1967

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 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.

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Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 3/16 × 24 3/16in. (61.4 × 61.4 cm) Image: 19 5/8 × 19 5/8in. (49.9 × 49.9 cm)

Accession number
68.1.5

Edition
115/125

Publication
Printed and published by Editions Domberger

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/3436

Part of a series:

Homage to the Square

13 works

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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.
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Josef Albers
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