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Homage to the Square: Greene Myth
Homage to the Square: Greene Myth
Homage to the Square: Greene Myth

Homage to the Square: Greene Myth

Maker (American, born in Germany, 1888-1976)
Date1954
MediumOil on board in original polished metal frame specified by the artist
DimensionsStretcher: 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm)
Framed: 24-5/8 x 24-5/8 in. (62.5 x 62.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jack Ringer, from the collection of Lotta Hess Ringer, Ph.B 1929
Object number2002.24
Object TypePaintings
On View
Not on view
Josef Albers was influential as a teacher at the Bauhaus (1923–1933) and the avant-garde Black Mountain College in North Carolina (1933–1948) and as chairman at the Art School at Yale University (1950–1958). In his famous ongoing Homage to the Square series of paintings, drawings, and prints, the artist used the neutral shape of the square as a controlled structure through which he could explore the infinite variety of color. While the proportions of super-imposed squares of the series are constant, the different color combinations—meticulously recorded by Albers on the verso of his studies and paintings—create deceptive spatial illusions due to the constant interaction between color and square.
Collections
Homage to the Square
Josef Albers
1962
Untitled
Sarah Canright
circa 1968
Cold Facts
Art Green
1979
Automagica
Ed Paschke
1986
Mighty Mask
Ed Paschke
1969
Hophead
Ed Paschke
1970
Nighttime
Roger Brown
circa 1968
Untitled
Sarah Canright
circa 1970