
Mitered Squares
Josef Albers' *Mitered Squares* is a masterful exploration of color interaction and geometric precision, reflecting the artist's lifelong investigation into the perceptual relationship between hues and form. The composition features interlocking square forms arranged at mitered angles, creating an optical tension that challenges the viewer's perception of depth and spatial harmony. Published by Tyler Graphics Ltd. in Bedford Village, New York, this signed and numbered print (29/36) exemplifies Albers' commitment to the idea that color is never experienced in isolation but is always transformed by its surroundings.
- Medium
- All signed, titled, and numbered 29/36 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York (with their blindstamps), all framed.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
October 17, 2018
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Richard Anuszkiewicz
American · b. 1930

A direct student of Albers at Yale, Anuszkiewicz built his career on the same principles of optical color interaction and hard edge geometric abstraction seen in Mitered Squares, using concentric and interlocking square forms to create vibrating perceptual depth and chromatic tension.
Victor Vasarely
Hungarian French · b. 1906
Vasarely pioneered Op Art through precise geometric compositions using squares and angular forms that create illusions of spatial depth and movement, sharing Albers' commitment to color theory and the systematic exploration of how hues interact within structured geometric frameworks.

Frank Stella
American · b. 1936

Stella's early systematic geometric prints and his rigorous use of repeated angular and mitered forms echo the compositional logic of Mitered Squares, with both artists producing limited edition prints that foreground the formal relationship between geometric structure and optical perception.
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