Object number2012.23.15
Homage to the Square: In Wide Light A
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Homage to the Square
Date1959
Artist
Josef Albers
(American, b. Germany, 1888 - 1976)
CultureGerman, American
MediumOil on masonite in frame designed by the artist
DimensionsSight: 17 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. (44.8 x 44.8 cm)
Framed: 30 x 30 x 1 in. (76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm)
Framed: 30 x 30 x 1 in. (76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Seiberling, class of 1943
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, incised initial lower right corner: A;
On verso, signed upper left in ink: Albers
InscribedOn recto, by artist, incised lower right corner: 59;
On verso, by artist, illegible writing partially visible under the frame; upper left in ink [circled]: 18 x 18; upper right: Study for / Homage to the Square: / "In Wide Light A"[underlined] / [signature]' 1959 / Ground: 3 coats of "Luminall" casein with / addition of Linseed oil + Damar Varnish + Turpentine / Painting: paints used from center: / Cadmium Yellow Light (Grumbacher F.) / Scheveningen Yellow Deep (Old Holland) / Chapin Neutral Gray II (Shiva) / Mixture of Cobalt Blue (Winsor + Newton) / + Permalba (Weber) / all in one primary coat / no additional painting medium / 59 / Varnish: probably "Eonite" / 59
BibliographyArt at Vassar, Curator's Choice, 2019 by Mary-Kay LombinoVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryAn Era of Opportunity: Three Decades of Acquisitions, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 26, 2019 - Sunday, September 8, 2019DescriptionA bright, deep yellow square at lower center surrounded by an off-center, more muted yellow square, surrounded by an off-center muted grey square, surrounded by a off-center rich, but muted blue square.
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Bruce Naumann
2001
Culture: American
