Homage to the Square: Midday
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Object Details
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- 1954-1957
- Accession Number
- 66.37
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Geometric Abstraction
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.37
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2f7d436eb-6b04-47ce-96ef-7b7e3e23aa51
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