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Homage to the Square, MMA-1

1970
20th century
378 x 378 mm (14.9 x 14.9 in.)

Josef Albers, American, (1888–1976)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper

Edition: Edition of 400 printed at Sirocco Screenprints (New Haven, Connecticut), published by Ives-Sillman Inc. (New Haven), for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marks: Text previously attached to sheet, detached by previous owner, begins: “To distribute material possessions is to divide them…”; blindstamped at right end with rectilinear mark

Bibliography: Brenda Danilowitz, The Prints of Josef Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné 1915–1976 (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2011), cat. no. 200, p. 142.

Credit Line: Gift of Alexandra and Glenn Garrison in honor of their son, Noah Garrison (BA Wesleyan 1997)

Accession Number: 2006.13.2

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Abstract*, color*, geometry*, homage, nonrepresentational art*

Abstract - Use with reference to 20th-century art; in other contexts use "abstraction." [April 1993 related term added.]
color - Use to refer to perceived qualities that result from the response of vision to the wavelength of reflected or transmitted light. For individual chromatic colors and achromatic colors or neutrals, use "colors." [February 1992 descriptor moved.]
geometry - Branch of mathematics dealing with the measurement, relationships and properties of points, lines, curves, angles, surfaces, and solid figures. [June 1994 related term added; scope note added. July 1993 descriptor moved. February 1991 alternate term added.]
homage
nonrepresentational art - Art which presents a visual form with no specific reference to anything outside itself. With regard to 20th-century art, use "Nonobjective." [May 1993 related term added.]

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image Dimensions: 378 x 378 mm (14.9 x 14.9 in.)

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Josef Albers, American, (1888–1976) . Homage to the Square, MMA-1, 1970. Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper. image : 378 x 378 mm (14.9 x 14.9 in.). Sheet : 518 x 518 mm (20.4 x 20.4 in.). DAC accession number 2006.13.2. Gift of Alexandra and Glenn Garrison in honor of their son, Noah Garrison (BA Wesleyan 1997).

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