Homage to the Square

E220287

abstract art series painting series

Homage to the Square is a celebrated series of abstract paintings by Josef Albers that systematically explores color relationships through nested squares.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Homage to the Square canonical	5
Homage to the Square: Apparition	1
Homage to the Square: Ascending	1
Homage to the Square: Glow	1
Homage to the Square: Guarded	1
Homage to the Square: R-III	1
Homage to the Square: Soft Spoken	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1972121 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Homage to the Square
Context triple: [Josef Albers, notableWork, Homage to the Square]

A. Centre In The Square
Centre In The Square is a major performing arts venue in downtown Kitchener, Ontario, known for hosting concerts, theatre productions, and cultural events.
B. La Ville Radieuse
La Ville Radieuse is Le Corbusier’s influential utopian urban planning concept that envisioned a highly ordered, high-density city of towers set within open green spaces.
C. Day of the Barricades
The Day of the Barricades was a 1588 uprising in Paris during the French Wars of Religion, when Catholic League supporters rebelled against King Henry III, dramatically weakening royal authority.
D. Collection de l’Art Brut
The Collection de l’Art Brut is a renowned Lausanne museum dedicated to outsider art, showcasing works created outside traditional artistic institutions.
E. Miroirs
Miroirs is a five-movement suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, celebrated for its impressionistic textures and evocative depiction of shifting light and reflections.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Homage to the Square
Target entity description: Homage to the Square is a celebrated series of abstract paintings by Josef Albers that systematically explores color relationships through nested squares.

A. Centre In The Square
Centre In The Square is a major performing arts venue in downtown Kitchener, Ontario, known for hosting concerts, theatre productions, and cultural events.
B. La Ville Radieuse
La Ville Radieuse is Le Corbusier’s influential utopian urban planning concept that envisioned a highly ordered, high-density city of towers set within open green spaces.
C. Day of the Barricades
The Day of the Barricades was a 1588 uprising in Paris during the French Wars of Religion, when Catholic League supporters rebelled against King Henry III, dramatically weakening royal authority.
D. Collection de l’Art Brut
The Collection de l’Art Brut is a renowned Lausanne museum dedicated to outsider art, showcasing works created outside traditional artistic institutions.
E. Miroirs
Miroirs is a five-movement suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, celebrated for its impressionistic textures and evocative depiction of shifting light and reflections.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abstract art series ⓘ painting series ⓘ
aim	to demonstrate relativity of color ⓘ to explore how colors influence each other ⓘ
artist	Josef Albers ⓘ
basedOn	color theory research ⓘ
colorCharacteristic	juxtaposition of warm and cool hues ⓘ solid, unmodulated colors ⓘ subtle tonal shifts ⓘ
compositionalFeature	concentric squares ⓘ flat color fields ⓘ systematic variations of color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Josef Albers ⓘ
endTime	1976 ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Albers Foundation collections ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ linked to: Museum of Modern Art Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ Yale University Art Gallery ⓘ
genre	abstract art ⓘ
hasPart	Homage to the Square: Apparition ⓘ linked to: Homage to the Square Homage to the Square: Ascending ⓘ linked to: Homage to the Square Homage to the Square: Glow ⓘ linked to: Homage to the Square Homage to the Square: Guarded ⓘ linked to: Homage to the Square Homage to the Square: R-III ⓘ linked to: Homage to the Square Homage to the Square: Soft Spoken ⓘ linked to: Homage to the Square
hasShape	square ⓘ
inception	1950 ⓘ
influenced	Color field painting ⓘ Minimalist painting ⓘ Op art ⓘ linked to: Op Art
influencedBy	Bauhaus principles ⓘ linked to: Bauhaus movement Constructivism ⓘ De Stijl ⓘ
mainSubject	color interaction ⓘ color theory ⓘ geometric abstraction ⓘ perception of color ⓘ
movement	Abstract art ⓘ Geometric abstraction ⓘ Minimalism ⓘ
numberOfWorks	more than 1000 ⓘ
productionPeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
relatedWork	Interaction of Color ⓘ
seriesStructure	systematic series ⓘ
startTime	1950 ⓘ
technique	carefully measured brushwork ⓘ oil on Masonite ⓘ oil on fiberboard ⓘ
typicalFormat	three or four nested squares ⓘ
uses	nested squares ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Josef Albers → notableWork → Homage to the Square ⓘ

Josef Albers → hasSeries → Homage to the Square ⓘ

Homage to the Square → hasPart → Homage to the Square: Ascending ⓘ