Homage to the Square: On the Way

Homage to the Square: On the Way

square; geometry; color; color theory

Five squares of different colors are stacked on top of one another. The largest square is a light sand color, the second largest is a light unsaturated yellow, the middle a cool light gray, the second smallest a similarly cool gray color though slightly darker, with the smallest being a bright sunny yellow.

Josef Albers (1888 - 1976)

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

6000, Visual Resources Library, MK

1959

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Art Form: Painting
Material: Oil; masonite
Measurements: Unknown

20th century; Geometric Abstraction