1967
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
'Homage to the Square V is a 1967 by Josef Albers, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This image shows a simple but bold design: a large red square inside another red square, with a smaller white square in the middle. The colors are flat and bright, with no shading or texture. The shapes line up neatly, creating a clean, geometric look. The artist played with how colors and shapes relate to each other—even though the squares are the same color, the sizes make them feel different. This kind of trick with color and form was a big focus for the artist. Look up Josef Albers next to see how he used simple shapes to explore deeper ideas.
The 1967 silkscreen print *Homage to the Square V* by Josef Albers features concentric squares in varying red tones. Part of an unnumbered portfolio housed in a black cloth binder, the work is signed and numbered 103 in pencil. The edition of 125 sheets was printed by Poldi Domberger on Schoellers Hammer cardboard and published by Galerie Der Spiegel in Cologne.
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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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