Untitled

Untitled

Josef Albers

1956

oil

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows four big squares stacked inside each other. The outermost square is a deep blue, the next one is a dark brown, then a lighter brown, and the center is a bright red-orange. The edges are straight and clean, with no extra details. The colors feel flat but layered, like one square is sitting on top of the next. The red-orange center stands out against the darker frames around it. Check out glazing to see how artists build up color like this.

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