Late Reminder, from Homage to the Square
Josef Albers, Late Reminder, from Homage to the Square, 1953, oil on Masonite, Gift of Mrs. William S. Ladd, © artist or other rights holder, 55.165
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- Title
Late Reminder, from Homage to the Square
- Related Titles
display title: Late Reminder
series (original language): Homage to the Square
- Artist
- Date
1953
- Medium
oil on Masonite
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
18 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title; signature; date; inscription: "Late Reminder" [underlined] // (Homage to the Square) // Albers '53 // 18x18 [encircled] // Ground: 6 coats of [illeg.] with addition of // linseed oil [illeg.] + Turpentine // [line] // Painting: Colors used (from center [underlined]): // Cadmium Red Extra Scarlet [underlined] (Shiva) // Cobalt Blue [underlined; see description] (Winsor + Newton) // Turquoise Blue [underlined] (Greco) // all in one primary coat // [illeg.] from the tube [illeg.] // additional painting [illeg.] // [line] // Varnish: [illeg.] 44 (Ru[illeg.]) [illeg. underlined] in Xylene, // sprayed on // [double line], ink, verso Description: Correspondence from Albers Foundation describes the middle color as "Cobalt Violet (Winsor and Newton)." (See attached documentation.)
signature; date: A53, etched, bottom right
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
German
- Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William S. Ladd
- Accession Number
55.165
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
A student, then an instructor, at the legendary Bauhaus in Germany, Albers immigrated to the United States during World War II and taught at Yale and Black Mountain College in North Carolina. One of the preeminent colorists of the 20th century, Albers was among the first artists to use an extended series of the same compositional format to explore the physical and perceptual qualities of color. His Hommage to the Square series, of which this painting is part, lasted over forty years and became a landmark of modernism.
