1967
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Homage to the Square IV is a 1967 by Josef Albers, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three glowing squares stacked inside each other. The outer square is a pale yellow, the middle one is a deeper orange-yellow, and the smallest square is a warm red-orange. The edges fade slightly where they meet, like light bleeding between them. The colors shift so smoothly that each square almost looks like it’s glowing from within. It’s all about how colors interact—what looks like one shade can change next to another. Next, check out Josef Albers to see how he played with color in his whole career.
Homage to the Square IV by Josef Albers consists of silkscreen prints in yellow and orange hues. The work is part of a suite originally housed in a black cloth portfolio box with white lining, featuring text identifying the artist and title in white and grey. The box contains a white paper folder with additional printed details, including publication and printing information in English and German, noting the 1967 edition of 125 copies printed by Poldi Domberger. The portfolio is numbered and signed by the artist, with supplementary materials referencing a related suite of lithographs titled…
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Josef Albers ( AL-bərz, US also AHL-, German: ; March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States.
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