Homage to the Square: Elected II

Object Details

Artist

Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, to 5 October 1961

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 5 October 1961-17 May 1966

Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Exhibition History

SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY, New York. "Recent Paintings by Josef Albers," 2-28 October 1961, no. 32 (as "Elected").

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Paintings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation Collection: A View of the Protean Century," no. 2. Tour: M. KNOEDLER, New York, 31 October-24 November 1962; CURRIER GALLERY OF ART, Manchester, New Hampshire, 16 December-12 January 1963; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, 30 January-26 February; EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, Indiana, 16 March-12 April; MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR INSTITUTE, Utica, New York, 30 April-27 May; J.B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville,13 June-10 July; MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, 30 July-25 August; SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, 11 September-8 October; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 26 October-23 November; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, 11 December-7 January 1964; DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 26 January-23 February; ATLANTA ART ASSOCIATION, 10 June-7 July; SAGINAW ART MUSEUM, Michigan, 25 July-22 August; MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 8 September-6 October; ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Pennsylvania, 24 October-21 November; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 9 December-10 January 1965; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, 8 February-5 April.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 27 September 1979-23 March 1980, no cat.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Comparisons: An Exercise in Looking," 11 December 1990-21 April 1991, no cat.

OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR ART, Smithsonian Castle Building, Washington, DC. Extended loan, 26 October 2000-7 May 2009.

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, DC. Extended loan, May 2009-January 2017.

Published References

MONTBIZON, REA. "A View of the Protean Century," Montreal Gazette (26 September 1964).

OFFIN, CHARLES. "Gallery Previews in New York," Pictures on Exhibit XXVI/2 (November 1962), p. 12.

UNSIGNED. "Where & When," The Washingtonian (December 1990), p. 47.

BURCHARD, HANK. "Now Everyone's a Critic," Washington Post Weekend (14 December 1990), p. 55.

WELZENBACH, MICHAEL. "How to Be an Art Critic," Washington Post (13 November 1991).

KILLAN, MICHAEL. "Advance and Retreat," Chicago Tribune (10 January 1991), sec. 5, p. 12.

MYER, PETER LIVINGSTON. Art: Do it!, A Handbook for Artists (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1996), p. 133.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

1961

Accession Number

66.30

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on fiberboard

Dimensions

40 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (101.7 x 101.7 cm)

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School

Geometric Abstraction

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_66.30

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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