Abstract Abstract Prints
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Artist: Josef Albers
Variant FI-F17-II
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers
Variant FI-F17-II, 1972
Screenprint on Mowhalk Superfine Bristol paper
15 × 20 in 38.1 × 50.8 cm
Edition 980/1000
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Variant FI-F17-I
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers
Variant FI-F17-I, 1972
Screenprint on Mowhalk Superfine Bristol paper
15 × 20 in 38.1 × 50.8 cm
Edition 980/1000
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square PII-F27, Ia, 1972
Hand signed on the Colophon
Screenprint on Mowhalk Superfine Bristol Paper
Sheet: 15 x 20 inches
980/1000
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square PII-F27, I2, 1972
Hand signed on the Colophon
Screenprint on Mowhalk Superfine Bristol Paper
Sheet: 15 x 20 inches
980/1000
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square PII-F28, I2, 1972
Hand signed on the Colophon
Screenprint on Mowhalk Superfine Bristol Paper
Sheet: 15 x 20 inches
980/1000
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square PII-F28, I1, 1972
Hand signed on the Colophon
Screenprint on Mowhalk Superfine Bristol Paper
Sheet: 15 x 20 inches
980/1000
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Z Prism - P2, F16, I2, Framed Silkscreen by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Seclusion
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers (German-American, b. 1888)
Created for the limited edition 'Washburn College Bible' in 1979 as the frontispiece for Volume II. Framed in a clean-lined white lacquer fra...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Formulation : Articulation. Folio of 2 prints
By Josef Albers
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Formulation : Articulation’
By Josef Albers
Medium - Serigraph on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper. In Folio of 2 prints
Signed - No
Edition - 1000, Portfolio II, Folder 20
Size ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square, P2, F8, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square, P2, F33, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 33, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F17, I1, Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
A green and gray composition that features a more dimensional rendition of Albers’ famous “Homage to the Square” series. The exterior ring of dark green flanks a window of gray befor...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F32, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 32, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Viewing - P2, F3, I1, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F14, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 14, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P1, F5, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 5, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Variant - P1, F17, I1, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F17, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2,Folder 17,Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P1, F19, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 19, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F32, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 32, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square, P2, F33, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 33, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F24, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 24, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F14, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 14, Image 1 " from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origi...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Colossal Building - P1, F22, I1 from Formulation: Articulation (Portfolio)
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Problem in Linear Construction - P2, F10, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P1, F5, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 5, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F5, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 5, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P1, F20, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 20, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F4, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
JHM - II /// Bauhaus Abstract Geometric Josef Albers Screenprint Minimalism
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976)
Title: "JHM - II"
Portfolio: Josef Albers Honors the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
*Monogram signed and dated by Albers in p...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen, Plexiglass
Variant - P1, F17, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio with complete text folder, bound text volume and 80 color screenprints, loose as issued.
The German edition. Published by Josef Keller, Starnberg. Original cream paste boa...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F13, I1, Josef Albers Silkscreen 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 13, Image 1 " from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origi...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square PII-F32
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F28, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Bands/Posts - P1, F3, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Josef Albers (1888-1976) is remarkably affiliated with numerous movements that have defined art history in the 20th century. Art Historians credit Albers for fusing elements of Ameri...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Munich 1972 Olympic Print, Danilowitz 213 Abstract Op Art hand signed & numbered
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers
Munich 1972 Olympic Games (Danilowitz 213), 1970
Color silkscreen on 250-gram Schöllers Hammer paper.
Signed, dated and numbered 183/200 in graphite pencil on the front
40 × 25 1/2 × 3/10 inches
Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Danilowitz, 213
Unframed
Pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of 200.
By Josef Albers - famous color theorist and longtime influential head of the Yale University Art Department. This 1970 silkscreen was exhibited in the show "On Black Mountain: The Bauhaus Legacy in America", April 5, 2019-April 27, 2019 at the Sager Braudis Gallery in Columbia, Missouri. It is reproduced on page 8 of the exhibition catalogue. It features Albers signature ‘cinetic window’, and is an impressive piece of art and sports history. This is one of only 200 hand signed, dated and numbered prints - (NOT to be confused with the open poster edition of the same image on different paper, which, unlike the present work, only bears the artist's printed signature.) The present work was created in 1970 for the 1972 Munich Olympics. In anticipating of hosting the 1972 summer Olympics, Germany sought to create a positive image for itself. As Arnold Schwarzenegger would write in his memoir "Holding the Olympic Games in Munich was meant to symbolize West Germany's transformation and reemergence in to the community of nations as a modern democratic power". The Munich Olympics were billed as "the happy games" - a term that would become tragically ironic. In spite of, or rather because of, the ruthless killing of Israeli athletes by terrorists during the Munich Olympics, prints like this Albers silkscreen have become a poignant symbol of the enduring power of art to bring cultures together and promote peace. This Josef Albers Olympic...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen, Offset
Blue Reminding
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers
Blue Reminding, 1966
Silkscreen in colours, on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper, with full margins
Hand signed, titled, numbered 136/200 and dated in pencil by the artist on the front
Bibliography:
Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Danilowitz 168.
Printed by Sirocco Screenprints, New Haven. Published by Ives-Sillman, Inc., New Haven (Danilowitz 168)
Frame included: This exquisite Albers silkscreen...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen, Pencil
Variation on One Woodblock - P2, F2, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Gray Instrumentation I-L by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Josef Albers
(German/American, 1888-1976)
Gray Instrumentation I-L, 1974
color screenprint
signed, titled, and numbered in pencil
edition of 36
Framed: 20 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches
Sheet: ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Homage to the Square - PII-F14
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color and form.
A copy of the colophon which bears Albers’ hand signature and the edition number will be included with the artwork.
Artist: Josef Albers
Title: Hommage to the Square...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F19, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 19, Image 2 " from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origi...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Formulation Articulation - P2-F15
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
TWO VARIANTS - P2-F29
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Sea - PI-F7
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
White Circle - PI-F7
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Bowers (Leuben) - P2-F11
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Formulation: Articulation, Portfolio II, Folder 23
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Josef Albers
Formulation: Articulation, Portfolio II, Folder 23, 1972
silkscreen
Framed Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 25 1.2 inches (19.1 x 38.7 cm)
Image Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 15 1/4 inche...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Formulation Articulation: PI-F3
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of th...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Two Variants - PI-F11
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Homage to the Square PII-F24
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
VARIANTS - PI-F17
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of th...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Homage to the Square - PII-F19
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Thaw /// Bauhaus Abstract Geometric Josef Albers Screenprint Colorfield Minimal
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976)
Title: "Thaw"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers
*Issued unsigned
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint on...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
K - P1, F4, I1, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers, German (1888 - 1976)
Title: K - P1, F4, I1
Year: 1972
Edition size: 1000
Medium: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper
Image Size: 12 x 14 inches
Size: ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
Homage to the Square PI-F20
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
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Screen
IN THE WATER - PI-F2
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Homage to the Square PI-F20
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is from the series Formulation Articulation consisting of 127 original silkscreens, selected from forty years of Albers' study of the conceptual relationship between color ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
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