Homage to the Square: Porta Negra

Homage to the Square: Porta Negra

square; geometry; color; color theory

Five squares contain one another. The largest is a warm off-white, followed by squares in the colors of ocean blue, evergreen, very dark taupe, and a very dark off-black which appears slightly green.

Josef Albers (1888 - 1976)

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

5964, Visual Resources Library, MK

1965

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Art Form: Painting
Material: Oil; masonite
Measurements: 17 x 17 in.

20th century; Geometric Abstraction