DETAILS
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- Wood, possibly elm; walnut and maple veneers; ebonized
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- Table: 64.8 × 129.9 cm (30 3/4 × 51 1/8 in.); Leaf: 2.5 × 129.8 × 59 cm (1 × 51 1/8 × 23 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Culture
- Germany
- Credit line
- Bequest of Dr. Fritz Moellenhoff and Dr. Anna Moellenhoff
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Josef Albers
Josef Albers, a German-born American artist, transformed the art world through his iconic 'Homage to the Square' series and groundbreaking color theory.
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