Accession Number
2012/2.5

Title
EK Ik

Artist(s)
Josef Albers

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1970

Medium & Support
screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard paper

Dimensions
22 5/8 in x 22 5/8 in (57.47 cm x 57.47 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson

Subject matter
This screenprint is the fourth of ten prints, included in a color study series titled Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ia-Ik. Albers was interested in the way viewers perceive colors in relation to other colors and in his 1954 text "The Color in My Paintings," he writes, "Despite an even and mostly opaque application, the colors will appear above or below each other, in front or behind, or side by side on the same level. They correspond in concord as well as in discord, which happens between both, groups and singles. Such action, reaction, interaction—or interdependence—is sought in order to make obvious how colors influence and change each other; that the same color, for instance—with different grounds or neighbors—looks different. But also, that different colors can be made to look alike."

Physical Description
This square screenprint has three squares in red. They are all nestled within each other, with the lightest red on the outside, becoming darker towards the smallest square.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
abstract

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
Color-field
color printing
red colors
screen printing