Homage to the Square: Glow
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Object Details
- Artist
- Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976
- Provenance
- Unknown Source, Krefeld, Germany (via Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, 5 October 1967)
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 5 October 1967-1972
- Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
- Exhibition History
- SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY, New York. Paintings by Josef Albers, 5-31 October 1970.
- ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY, Ireland. "ROSC '71: An International Art Exhibition," 24 October-29 December 1971, no. 3, ill. p. 23.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Golden Door: Artists-Immigrants of America 1876-1976," 20 May-20 October 1976, no. 125, ill. p. 277.
- WALKER ARTS CENTER, Minneapolis. "Vice President's House," 15 December 1977-15 March 1978.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers," 27 September 1979-23 March 1980, no cat.
- LINGOTTO, Turin, Italy. "Arte Americana 1930-1970," 11 January 1992- 31 March 1992, p. 116.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration," 13 February-11 April 2010, no cat.
- FUNDACIÓN JUAN MARCH, Madrid. "Josef Albers: Minimal Means, Maximum Effect," 28 March-6 July 2014, no. 94, color ill. pg. 150.
- Published References
- LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974) no. 866, p. 569-658.
- PIPER, DAVID ed. Encyclopedia of Painting and Sculpture (London: Mitchell Beazley, 1979).
- American Education Commemorative Postage Stamp, unveiled 28 April 1980, issued 12 September 1980.
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS. Aviso (Monthly Dispatch) no. 9 (September 1980) p. 1.
- HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT. Human Services Development Catalog (Boston, MA: Human Services Development, 1981) cover ill.
- THE URBAN INSTITUTE, Washington D.C. 1982 Annual Report.
- BRITSCH, RALPH A. and TODD A. BRITSCH. The Arts in Western Culture (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1985) fig. 16-32, p. 421.
- WESTVACO PEOPLE. Excellence: An American Treasury (Westvaco Corporation, 1988) frontispiece II, p. 251-252.
- UNSIGNED. "Where & When," The Washingtonian (December 1990) p. 47.
- BURCHARD, HANK. "Now Everyone's a Critic," Washington Post Weekend (14 December 1990).
- WELZENBACH, MICHAEL. "How to be an Art Critic," Washington Post (13 January 1991).
- WHEELER, DANIEL. Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present (New York: The Vendome Press, 1991) fig. 423, p. 230.
- KILIAN, MICHAEL. "Advance and Retreat," Chicago Tribune (10 January 1991) p. 12, sec. 5.
- HOBBS, JACK and RICHARD SALOME. The Visual Experience (Worcester, MA: Davis Publications Inc., 1995) fig. 1-6 and fig.2-16, p. 7, 17, 301.
- RAGANS, ROSALIND. Arttalk 3rd ed. (New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2000).
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 133, p. 147.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 72.3
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Acrylic on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Geometric Abstraction
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_72.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py28e042dff-cda0-42d2-a69d-c623914c0aa8
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