Josef Albers (1888-1976), after - Homage To The Square

Offset lithography in various colors on sturdy lithographic hand-made Tintoretto Gresso paper, unsigned, but numbered 250 copies. Published in 1979 by the Guggenheim Museum New York. Printed under license to the original artwork by Josef Albers by the Artist Rights Society (ARS) Paris. The offset print is hand-numbered on the back (pencil). This is a licensed and limited edition, issued in New York/ADAGP Paris. Limited editions of 250 copies. Homage To The Square Quantity: 1x offset print Dimensions: Image format: 28.6 x 28.6 cm Paper format: 30.0 x 30.0 cm The item is in excellent condition (see photos). Josef Albers (Bottrop, March 19, 1888 – Orange, March 25, 1976) was a German artist and teacher, whose work, in Europe as well as in the United States, formed the basis for a number of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century. The most famous work by Josef Albers is Homage to the Square. This series of paintings consists of more than 1,000 works created between 1949 and 1976. Each painting consists of three or four squares that become progressively smaller and are interlocked. Because there are no lines between the squares, a color shading is created, where one color influences the perception of the adjacent color. This optical effect fascinated Josef Albers immensely. He wrote about it: "Each work has a different palette, and is, therefore, of a different climate. The choice of colors and their order are aimed at interaction; they influence and change each other." He was related to: Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Walter Gropius, László Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer, Johannes Itten, Lyonel Feininger, Anni Albers, Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, Naum Gabo, Antoine Pevsner, Ben Nicholson, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Dan Flavin, Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarely, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Georges Seurat, Vincent van Gogh, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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