Homage to the Square: Vernal

Homage to the Square: Vernal

square; geometry; color; color theory

Four squares appear "stacked" so that the larger squares contain the smaller ones. The largest square is a slightly muddy green, with subsequent squares getting smaller and appearing in the following colors: light gray-ish purple, a similarly light but more blue purple, and white with the slightest tint of blue.

Josef Albers (1888 - 1976)

Born: March 19, 1888 (Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany)
Died: March 25, 1976 (age 88) (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)

5999, Visual Resources Library, MK

1957

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Art Form: Painting
Material: Oil; masonite
Measurements: 40 x 40 in.

20th century; Geometric Abstraction