Study for "Homage to the Square: Nacre"

Object Details

Artist

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

Provenance

Galerie Denise René, Paris, to 26 July 1968

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 26 July 1968-31 August 1981

Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986

Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Exhibition History

INSTITUTO TOMIE OHTAKE, São Paulo, Brazil (organized by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation). "Homage to the Square," 15 January-15 March 2009, n.p., ill.

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

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

1965

Accession Number

86.80

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on fiberboard

Dimensions

31 7/8 x 31 7/8 in. (81 x 81 cm)

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School

Geometric Abstraction

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_86.80

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py206e7ab00-da3c-4709-99ae-9836fce182b7