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Josef Albers: 25 Years of Graphic Work (Midnight and Noon VII) Poster /// Square1968
1968
About the Item
Artist: (after) Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976)
Title: "Josef Albers: 25 Years of Graphic Work (Midnight and Noon VII)"
Year: 1968
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light smooth wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Moore and Matthes (Printers) Ltd., London, UK
Publisher: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Framing: Recently framed, the work is floated over a black 100% cotton rag mat in a contemporary white maple moulding
Framed size: 17.82" x 12.75"
Sheet size: 14.57" x 9.57"
Image size: 7.94" x 8"
Condition: Minor edgewear at lower right. In excellent condition with strong colors. A stunning little poster
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Slough, UK. Printed in four colors: yellow, yellow, yellow, and black. Poster produced for a special exhibition of Albers' printmaking "Josef Albers: 25 Years of Graphic Work" at the Hatton Gallery of Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK from approx. early Summer, 1968 - July 13, 1968. Graphic works by Josef Albers were exhibited at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK which were loaned from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. The image featured on this poster is Albers' 1964, lithograph edition "Midnight and Noon VII", (Danilowitz No. 158.7, page 101). Printer's imprint lower right. This poster was printed for HMSO (Her Majesty’s Stationery Office) and designed by Peter Branfield (1929-2019) of HMSO. Branfield designed over four hundred posters for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. Registration marks at lower center.
GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer:
Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters.
Biography:
Josef Albers, (born March 19, 1888, Bottrop, Ger.—died March 25, 1976, New Haven, Conn., U.S.) painter, poet, sculptor, teacher, and theoretician of art, important as an innovator of such styles as Colour Field painting and Op art. From 1908 to 1920 Albers studied painting and printmaking in Berlin, Essen, and Munich and taught elementary school in his native town of Bottrop. In 1920 he enrolled at the newly formed Bauhaus, which was to become the most important design school in Germany. His most important creations of that period included compositions made of coloured glass, as well as examples of furniture design, metalwork, and typography. After 1925, when he became a “master” at the Bauhaus, Albers explored a style of painting characterized by the reiteration of abstract rectilinear patterns and the use of primary colours along with white and black.
In 1933, when the Nazi government closed the Bauhaus, Albers left Germany for the United States. On the recommendation of architect Philip Johnson, Albers organized the fine-arts curriculum at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where he taught until 1949. The next year he began a 10-year tenure as chairman of the art department of Yale University. Over the course of his time at these two schools, he counted among his students Eva Hesse, Robert Rauschenberg, and Kenneth Noland.
After moving to the United States, Albers concentrated on several series of works that systematically explored the effects of perception. In his series of engravings on plastic Transformations of a Scheme (1948–52) and in the series of drawings Structural Constellations (1953–58), he created complex linear designs, each subject to many possible spatial interpretations. His best-known series of paintings, Homage to the Square (begun in 1950 and continued until his death), restricts its repertory of forms to coloured squares superimposed onto each other. The arrangement of these squares is carefully calculated so that the colour of each square optically alters the sizes, hues, and spatial relationships of the others. These works were exhibited worldwide and formed the basis of the first solo exhibition given to a living artist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, in 1971. He died in 1976.
- Creation Year:1968
- Dimensions:Height: 17.82 in (45.27 cm)Width: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)
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- After:Josef Albers (1888 - 1976, American, German)
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- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU121213362932
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