Homage to the Square, Moonstone
Artist
Josef Albers
American, b. Germany, 1888 - 1976
Date1962
Mediumoil and acyrlic on Masonite
DimensionsStretcher: 30 × 30 in. (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineThe Feibes & Schmitt Collection
Object number2021.5.1
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- American Paintings & Sculpture
Signedlower right: "Albers"
DescriptionSeries of different colored squares embedded with each other, centered horizontally and vertically weighed toward the bottom. Smallest inner square in white, surrounded by tan and remainder is yellow.Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Modern Art, New York, New York, date unknown.Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Mexico, date unknown.
Bosque de Chapultepec, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico, date unknown.
“Modern and Contemporary Masters,” Richard Gray Gallery, New York, New York, January-February 2002.
"form(ation): Modern and Contemporary Works from The Feibes & Schmitt Collection", The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY September 7 - December 7, 2003
"To Distribute and Multiply: The Feibes & Schmitt Gift", The Hyde Collection, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, June 10 – December 11, 2017
"The Feibes & Schmitt Gift", Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, May 19, 2019-September 15, 2019
"Modern and Contemporary Selections from the Permanent Collection, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, December 20, 2019-"ProvenanceRichard Gray Gallery, New York City; purchased by Werner Feibes [1929-2021] and James Schmitt [1925-2013], Schenectady, New York, January 17, 2002; by bequest to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2021.
