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(after) Josef Albers
Josef Albers Homage to the Square 1964 (set of 4 printed works)

1964

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Josef Albers Homage to the Square 1964 (set of printed works): A set of 4 screen-printed inserts from the 1964 exhibition catalogue, Homage to the Square: 40 New Paintings by Josef Albers, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1964. Well-suited for matting & framing; printed on fine, double-folded wove paper. Medium: Silkscreen in colors on double folded thick wove paper. 4 individual works. 1964. Dimensions as it applies to each individual work: Sheet size: 8.5x11 inches. Image size: 7x7 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; well-preserved. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Published by Sidney Janis Gallery, New York 1964. Looks fantastic framed as a set. Josef Albers is best known for his seminal “Homage to the Square” series of the 1950s and '60s, which focused on the simplification of form and the interplay of shape and color. “Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature,” he once said. “I prefer to see with closed eyes.” His abstract canvases employed rigid geometric compositions in order to emphasize the optical effects set off by his chosen color palettes. Albers was highly influential as a teacher, first at the Bauhaus in Germany alongside Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee, and later with posts at Black Mountain College, Yale, and Harvard; he taught courses in design and color theory, and counted among his students such iconic artists as Eva Hesse, Cy Twombly, Richard Anuszkiewicz, and Robert Rauschenberg. He is often cited among the progenitors of Minimalist, Conceptual, and Op art. In 1950, at the age of 62, Albers began his signature series, the Homage to the Square. Over the next 26 years, until his death in 1976, he produced hundreds of variations on the basic compositional scheme of three or four squares set inside each other, with the squares slightly gravitating towards the bottom edge. Related Categories Bauhaus. Minimalist. Minimalism. Mid-Century Modern prints. Linear Forms. Modern and Impressionist Prints. Geometric. Abstract prints. Josef Albers prints.
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