Homage to the Square: Joy

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Title

Homage to the Square: Joy

Subject

square; geometry; color; color theory

Description

Four squares of different colors contain one another. The largest is tangerine, the next is peach, the next is a light unsaturated yellow, and the smallest is daisy yellow.

Creator

Josef Albers (1888 - 1976)

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

Source

6001, Visual Resources Library, MK

Date

1964

Rights

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Format

Art Form: Painting
Material: Oil; masonite
Measurements: 48 x 48 in.

Type

20th century; Geometric Abstraction