Homage to the Square: Memento

Homage to the Square: Memento

square; geometry; color; color theory

An off-black square sits just slightly askew from the center of the canvas, encompassed by a larger, deep brown square. The sides of the brown square, not the top and bottom edges, are met with thick gray lines. To the top and bottom edges of the combined brown square and gray lines rectangle are rich blue lines. This piece is unique within the collection for its not including strictly only squares; there are apparent rectangles in this piece as well. The effect this painting produces is that of being watched by a large eye.

Josef Albers (1888 - 1976)

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

5960, Visual Resources Library, MK

1962

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Art Form: Painting
Material: Oil; masonite
Measurements: 61 x 61 cm

20th century; Geometric Abstraction