Study for Homage to the Square: Early Fusion

1965

Josef Albers

Associated Names
Josef Albers

Painter, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

The image shows a series of nested squares in warm tones of yellow, gold, and muted brown. Each square is larger and encases the smaller ones within it, creating an abstract composition of geometric layers.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E404

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on hardboard

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39.37 × 39.37 cm (15 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)
    framed: 41.12 × 41.28 × 2.54 cm (16 3/16 × 16 1/4 × 1 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.228

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn [1920-2015], Washington; gift 29 December 2004 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q46637919

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