Homage to the Square: Soft Spoken

Josef Albers American, born Germany

1969

Not on view

Josef Albers was one of the most important teachers and influential personalities at the Bauhaus from its inception in Weimar, Germany (1919) through the last days of the school in Berlin (1933). When he fled Nazi Germany and came to the United States he was already established as a painter despite his talents for the art of assemblage and object design. In his series titled, Homage to the Square, he produced an extensive body of variations on a highly focused theme. Homage to the Square is a collection of explorations in color and spatial relationships in which Albers limited himself to square formats, solid colors and precise geometry, yet was able to achieve a seemingly endless range of visual effects.

Artwork Details

Title: Homage to the Square: Soft Spoken
Artist: Josef Albers (American (born Germany), Bottrop 1888–1976 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1969
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1972
Object Number: 1972.40.7
Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Josef Albers/ Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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