id:			141491
accession number:	1965.1
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.1
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:13.090000

Study to Homage to the Square: "Star Blue"  , 1957. Josef Albers (American, 1888–1976). Oil on board; unframed: 75.9 x 75.9 cm (29 7/8 x 29 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1965.1 © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Study to Homage to the Square: "Star Blue"  
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creation date:			1957
creation date earliest:		1957
creation date latest:		1957
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creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright:			© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	oil on board
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Josef Albers (American, 1888–1976)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 75.9 x 75.9 cm (29 7/8 x 29 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Initialed and dated lower right: A57
Signed on back: "Albers 1957- / Study to Homage to the Square: 'Star Blue' "
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

	title:		Fifty Years of Modern Art
	opening date:   1966-06-15T04:00:00
	<i>Fifty Years of Modern Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 15-July 31, 1966).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 95, p. 121, color repr. p. 76.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Sidney Janis Gallery, New York); Philippe Dotremont, Brussels
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sherman E. Lee, "Year in Review, " <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>52 (November 1965).
	page number: 	mentioned p. 157.
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	Edward B. Henning, "Planes, Structure, Color, and Content," <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61 (September 1974).
	page number: 	mentioned p. 227; reproduced p. 226.
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	"Recent Accessions in the American Field," <em>Art in America </em>54 (May - June 1966).
	page number: 	reproduced p. 48.
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	Lowery Stokes Sims, <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>exh. cat. (Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006).
	page number: 	mentioned and reproduced, p. 76.
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	Edward B. Henning, <em>Fifty Years of Modern Art, 1916-1966, </em>exh. cat. (Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966).
	page number: 	mentioned and reproduced, unpaginated [p. 159].
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