Photography by Dwight Primiano
Homage to the Square: Joy
In 1950, Albers began a now famous series entitled Homage to the Square. He would ultimately make over a thousand of these works. Each image utilized the same regular and strict format: colored squares within squares. Liberated from concocting new compositions and conceiving new themes, Albers could focus on the complexities of color and our shifting perceptions of it.
Homage to the Square: Joy is a testament to Albers’s dictum: “Do less in order to get more.” While the artist’s method had a scientific component to it, he worked intuitively, seeking to convey deeply felt emotion through his use of color.
ArtistaJosef Albers(1888-1976)
Fecha1964
MedioOil on board
Dimensiones57 5/8 x 57 1/2 x 2 in.
Marca(s)verso, u.l.: [Sidney Janis Gallery label]
verso, u.l.: [Fort Worth Art Center label]
verso, u.l., torn label: UAM #305 - EXCELLENCE / J. Albers: Hommage to the Squ / (Mrs. W Henderson, Hillsborou
verso, u.l.: [University of Texas, University Art Museum label]
versl, u.l.: [San Francisco Museum of Art label]
verso, u.l.: [San Francisco Museum of Art label]
verso, l.r.: [barcode label]
verso, l.r., label: NOP 1 / Josef Albers Homage to the Square: Joy
verso, l.r.: [barcode label]
Inscripción(es)recto, on canvas, l.r.: A64
verso, on canvas: Homage to the Square: / "Joy" / [description of material used for ground layer] / [list of paints used ] / [decription of varnish materials] / [signed] 1964
Línea de créditoPromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClasificaciónPainting
En exhibiciónNo
This artwork's face covers about 3.1× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.