Josef Albers

Homage to the Square VI

1967

Concentric colored squares form layers from a yellow center through gray and teal to dark green.

Not on view

Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint on board

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

Accession number
68.1.6

Edition
115/125

Publication
Printed and published by Editions Domberger

Credit line
Gift of the artist

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

API
artworks/3437

Part of a series:
Homage to the Square
12 works

Concentric colored squares in brown, dark gray, teal, and green centered on a white background.

Concentric squares in graduated yellow and orange tones forming a central bright yellow square.

Concentric squares in dark green and layered gray tones centered on a white background.

Concentric squares in yellow, peach, and orange create a layered, symmetrical abstract composition.

Concentric squares in teal, green, and dark gray centered on a white background.

Three concentric red squares with lighter inner bands centered on a white background.

Three concentric colored squares—teal outer, gray middle, and brown center—framed on white.

Three nested squares in yellow, gray, and green centered on a white background.

Concentric yellow and orange squares form a layered geometric pattern with a white margin.

Exhibitions

Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018

Sept 28, 2018–Apr 14, 2019

Installation photography

Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Josef Albers, Variant I, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IX, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VIII, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant III, 1966; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square III, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square I, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square II, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VII, 1967. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018
Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right: Channa Horwitz, Suite 8, 1979; Lucinda Childs and Sol LeWitt, Dance #4, 1979; Casey Reas, {Software} Structures, Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #358, 2004 and 2016; Lucinda Childs, Philip Glass, and Sol LeWitt, Dance, 1979 and 2014; June Paik, Fin de Siècle II, 1989; Josef Albers, Variant I, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IX, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VIII, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant III, 1966; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square III, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square I, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square II, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VII, 1967; John F. Simon Jr., Color Panel v1.0, 1999; Mika Tajima, Negative Entropy (Digital Ocean, NYC2, 4U, NAS, Pink, Quad), 2018. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018
Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Nam June Paik, Fin de Siècle II, 1989; Josef Albers, Variant I, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IX, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VIII, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant III, 1966; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square III, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square I, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square II, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VII, 1967; John F. Simon Jr., Color Panel v1.0, 1999; Mika Tajima, Negative Entropy (Digital Ocean, NYC2, 4U, NAS, Pink, Quad), 2018. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018
Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Nam June Paik, Fin de Siècle II, 1989; Josef Albers, Variant I, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IX, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VIII, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant III, 1966; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square III, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square I, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square II, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VII, 1967. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018
Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Nam June Paik, Fin de Siècle II, 1989; Sol Lewitt, Five Towers, 1986; Josef Albers, Variant I, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IX, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VIII, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant III, 1966; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square III, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square I, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square II, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XI, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square VII, 1967; John F. Simon Jr., Color Panel v1.0, 1999; Mika Tajima, Negative Entropy (Digital Ocean, NYC2, 4U, NAS, Pink, Quad), 2018. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018

Josef Albers
123 works in the collection, 18 exhibitions

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