Homage to the Square: Midday
Date
1954-1957
Artist
Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976
Provenance
The artist, New Haven, CT, from 1957
Mrs. Henry Epstein, New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Harold Diamond, New York, 8 October 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 8 October 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OF SAO PAULO, Brazil. "IV Biennial of the Museum of Modern Art of Sao Paulo," September-December 1957, no. 8 (Germany) (lent by the artist).
STAMFORD MUSEUM AND NATURE CENTER, Connecticut. "Collector's Choice," 3-25 April 1965.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers," 27 September 1979-23 March 1980, no cat.
DUKE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART, Durham, North Carolina. "Paintings of the 50s: Another Look, a loan of twenty-one paintings from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 3 October-27 November 1983, p. 25, ill.
INSTITUTO TOMIE OHTAKE, Sao Paulo (organized by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation). "Homage to the Square," 15 January-15 March 2009, n.p., ill.
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School
Geometric Abstraction
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.37
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on fiberboard
Dimensions
40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
