Albers began making his Homage to the Square painting series around 1951. The works here mark one of the first occasions he explored this imagery in print. The viewer is meant to perceive shifting depth and changes of tone at the outer and inner perimeters of these nesting squares, even though the areas are printed in solid, unmodulated color.
Gallery label from Geo/Metric: Prints and Drawings from the Collection, June 11–August 18, 2008.
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Medium
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One from a portfolio of ten screenprints
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Dimensions
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composition: 11 1/16 x 11" (28.1 x 27.9 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 x 16 7/8" (43 x 42.9 cm)
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Publisher
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Ives-Sillman, New Haven, CT
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Printer
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R.H. Norton Co., New Haven, CT
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Edition
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250
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Credit
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Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
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Object number
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697.1993.10
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Copyright
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© 2024 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Department
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Drawings and Prints