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Josef Albers — Homage to the Square: Wide Sight (study)
Josef Albers

Homage to the Square: Wide Sight (study)

A luminous study from Albers' celebrated *Homage to the Square* series, this work presents nested squares of carefully calibrated color, demonstrating the artist's lifelong investigation into the relativity of color perception. Executed in oil on masonite, Albers' preferred support for its smooth, non-absorbent surface, the composition reveals how adjacent hues can appear to advance, recede, or transform one another through proximity alone. The artist's own frame further controls the viewing environment, ensuring the chromatic relationships are experienced precisely as intended.

Medium
oil on masonite, in artist's frame

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Art Evening Sale

October 14, 2015

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Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Wide Sight (study)

A luminous study from Albers' celebrated *Homage to the Square* series, this work presents nested squares of carefully calibrated color, demonstrating the artist's lifelong investigation into the relativity of color perception. Executed in oil on masonite, Albers' preferred support for its smooth, non-absorbent surface, the composition reveals how adjacent hues can appear to advance, recede, or transform one another through proximity alone. The artist's own frame further controls the viewing environment, ensuring the chromatic relationships are experienced precisely as intended.

Medium
oil on masonite, in artist's frame
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Abstract Art, Twentieth Century, Oil On Masonite, Mid Century Modern, Contemplative Mood, Male Artist, Op Art, German-American Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Geometric Abstraction, Meditative Mood, Bauhaus, Minimalist Composition, Neutral Tones, Modern Master, Concentric Squares, Warm Tones, Color Field Painting

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Alex Capecelatro