Study for Homage to the Square: Accordant

1957

American, born in Germany, 1888-1976

Oil on Masonite

29 3/8 x 29 3/8 in. (74.6 x 74.6 cm)

Gift of Sidney and Anne Gerber

65.157

Provenance: [Sidney Janis Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Anne and Sidney Gerber, Seattle, Washington; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1965

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, 1960.

Washington, D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 20th Century Painting From Collections in the State of Washington, 1966.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, The Seattle Art Museum Lends, Mar. 13 - Apr. 11, 1976. No cat. no.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, International Abstraction: Making Painting Real, May 2, 2003 - Feb. 29, 2004.

Published ReferencesDe Kooning, Elaine. "Albers Paints a Picture." Art News vol. 49 (November 1950): p. 41.

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