Homage to the Square (It Seems)

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Homage to the Square (It Seems)

1963

Josef Albers (American (born Germany), 1888–1976)

Joseph Albers’s Homage to the Square (It Seems) series comprises more than a thousand paintings, drawings, prints, and tapestries created over the course of three decades. As in this example, the basic composition of overlapping squares provided Albers with a controlled system for exploring the often subtle effects of color and tonal relationships. Albers’s legacy as an artist is matched by his work as a teacher. Having taught at the Bauhaus from 1922 to 1933, alongside artists like Paul Klee and Vasily Kandinsky, he subsequently immigrated to the United States with his wife, Anni, and taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina and Yale University, among other schools.

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Object Details

Title:

Homage to the Square (It Seems)

Date:

1963

Artist:

Josef Albers (American (born Germany), 1888–1976)

Medium:

Oil on panel

Dimensions:

39 7/8 x 40 inches (101.3 x 101.6 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of the Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1968

Accession Number:

1968-183-1

Geography:

Made in North and Central America

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