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Study for Homage to the Square: Compliant

Date

1960

Creator

Josef Albers

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

An important moment in the history of Notre Dame occurred on November 9, 1980, when the Snite Museum of Art, a gift of the Fred B. Snite family, opened with a 52,000 square foot addition to the twenty-seven year old, 16,000 square foot O'Shaughnessy Hall Art Gallery on the University campus. To celebrate the occasion, May E. Walter donated Joseph Albers' Homage to the Square--Compliant. from Porter, "25th Anniversary of the Snite Museum of Art" (American Art Review, 2005)

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An important moment in the history of Notre Dame occurred on November 9, 1980, when the Snite Museum of Art, a gift of the Fred B. Snite family, opened with a 52,000 square foot addition to the twenty-seven year old, 16,000 square foot O'Shaughnessy Hall Art Gallery on the University campus. To celebrate the occasion, May E. Walter donated Joseph Albers' Homage to the Square--Compliant. from Porter, "25th Anniversary of the Snite Museum of Art" (American Art Review, 2005)
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  • An important moment in the history of Notre Dame occurred on November 9, 1980, when the Snite Museum of Art, a gift of the Fred B. Snite family, opened with a 52,000 square foot addition to the twenty-seven year old, 16,000 square foot O'Shaughnessy Hall Art Gallery on the University campus. To celebrate the occasion, May E. Walter donated Joseph Albers' Homage to the Square--Compliant. from Porter, "25th Anniversary of the Snite Museum of Art" (American Art Review, 2005)
  • An important moment in the history of Notre Dame occurred on November 9, 1980, when the Snite Museum of Art, a gift of the Fred B. Snite family, opened with a 52,000 square foot addition to the twenty-seven year old, 16,000 square foot O'Shaughnessy Hall Art Gallery on the University campus. To celebrate the occasion, May E. Walter donated Joseph Albers' Homage to the Square--Compliant. from Porter, "25th Anniversary of the Snite Museum of Art" (American Art Review, 2005)
Josef Albers (American, 1888 - 1976)
1960
Paintings
Oil on board
1983.044
color
squares
sunrise
© 2019 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Raclin Murphy Museum: B01
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Gift of Miss May E. Walter

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