Josef Albers Silkscreen
By Josef Albers
Located in Stamford, CT
Josef Albers from Formulation: Articulation, 1972. Silkscreen prints, Folio II / Folder 6 . Floated
Vintage 1970s American Modern Contemporary Art
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Josef Albers Silkscreen
By Josef Albers
Located in Stamford, CT
Josef Albers from Formulation: Articulation, 1972. Silkscreen prints, Folio II / Folder 6 . Floated
Paper
$3,000
H 22 in W 22 in
Homage to the Square - P2, F13, I1, Josef Albers Silkscreen 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that
Screen
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 24 in
Rectangular Backgrounds - P1, F6, I2, Minimalist Silkscreen by Josef Albers 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental
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Josef Albers -- Formulation Articulation #C
By Josef Albers
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Josef Albers Formulation Articulation #C, 1972 Silkscreen on wove paper First edition. Image size
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Josef Albers from Formulation, Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Stamford, CT
Josef Albers from formulation: Articulation, 1972. Silkscreen prints, folio II/ folder 10. Floated
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$10,500
H 28 in W 36 in
I-S Va 6, from Six Variants, 1969 Silkscreen by Josef Albers Abstract Minimalism
By Josef Albers
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Josef Albers I-S Va 6, from Six Variants 1969 Silkscreen 28 x 36 in. Edition
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Josef Albers from Formulation: Articulation Portfolio
By Josef Albers
Located in Stamford, CT
Josef Albers from Formulation: Articulation, 1972. Silkscreen prints, folio 1/ folder 1. Floated in
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$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 40 in
Josef Albers Formulation: Articulation III Screen Print, 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
silkscreen print page from a portfolio book containing 127 silkscreens of Josef Albers most iconic works
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$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 40 in
Josef Albers Formulation: Articulation IX Screen Print, 1972, Unframed
By Josef Albers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
silkscreen print page from a portfolio book containing 127 silkscreens of Josef Albers most iconic works
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$1,900 / item
H 16.75 in W 21.5 in D 1.5 in
Josef Albers, from the Formulation Articulation Portfolio Priced Individually
By Josef Albers
Located in Stamford, CT
Josef Albers from Formulation: Articulation, 1972. Silkscreen prints, folio 1/folder 6. Floated in
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$568Sale Price|62% Off
H 15 in W 40 in
Josef Albers 'Formulation: Articulation Portfolio 1, Folder 29' 1972- Serigraph
By Josef Albers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
silkscreen print page from a portfolio book containing 127 silkscreens of Josef Albers most iconic works
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 20 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in White Plains, NY
A black, white, and grey silkscreen by Josef Albers from, "Articulation : Formulation," published
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 16 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in White Plains, NY
A black, white, and grey silkscreen by Josef Albers from, "Articulation : Formulation," published
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Formulation: Articulation, Portfolio I, Folder 29
By Josef Albers
Located in White Plains, NY
A black, grey, beige, and white silkscreen by Josef Albers from, "Articulation : Formulation
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio I, Folder 30 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in White Plains, NY
A black, white, and grey silkscreen by Josef Albers from, "Articulation : Formulation," published
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio I Folder 25 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in White Plains, NY
A black, white, and grey silkscreen by Josef Albers from, "Articulation : Formulation," published
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Josef Albers, “White Line Squares”
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Title : Josef Albers, “White Line Squares” Medium: silkscreen / serigraph (after the original
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 33.5 in W 23 in
"Albers - Galerie Melki Paris (yellow)" Homage to the Square Vintage Poster
By Josef Albers
Located in Boston, MA
A rare vintage silkscreen for Josef Albers’ exhibition at the Galerie Melki in Paris in 1973
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Unavailable
H 33.5 in W 23 in
"Albers - Galerie Melki Paris (gray)" Homage to the Square Vintage Poster
By Josef Albers
Located in Boston, MA
A rare vintage silkscreen for Josef Albers’ exhibition at the Galerie Melki in Paris in 1973
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Unavailable
H 15 in W 20 in
Formulation: Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 17 (B) "Homage to the Square"
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 1 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation", published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 1 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation", published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 3
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 17 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation" published by
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 31 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 10
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 27 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 24 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 24 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 17 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio II Folder 15 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio II Folder 15 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio I Folder 1 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio I Folder 1 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio II Folder 9 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Unavailable
H 19 in W 21.5 in
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I, Folder 26, Matted
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Unavailable
H 17.5 in W 22.5 in
Formulation : Articulation Portfolio II Folder 18, Matted
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Unavailable
H 11.5 in W 16.13 in
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 11 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 22
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation" published by Harry
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Unavailable
H 12.13 in W 12.13 in
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 18 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, Formulation : Articulation, published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I, Folder 27 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by Harry
Lithograph
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 9 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
Lithograph
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I, Folder 14
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by Harry
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 8.63 in W 16.88 in
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 2 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio II Folder 29 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 6 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Unavailable
H 12.25 in W 17 in
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 16 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Unavailable
H 11.5 in W 16.13 in
Articulation : Formulation, Portfolio I Folder 11 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by
Screen
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H 11.5 in W 16.13 in
Articulation : Formulation, Portfolio I Folder 11 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 8
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, Formulation : Articulation, published by
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio II Folder 29 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio II Folder 18
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II, Folder 25 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work "Formulation : Articulation" published by Harry N
Lithograph
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II, Folder 11 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by Harry
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 12 in W 10.25 in
Articulation : Formulation, Portfolio I Folder 18 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, Formulation : Articulation published by Harry N
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 30 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 6 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation," published by
Screen
Unavailable
H 10 in W 17.63 in
Articulation : Formulation, Portfolio II Folder 31 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by
Screen
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 31 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Formulation : Articulation" published by
Screen
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 28 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
Screen
Unavailable
H 12.5 in W 13.5 in
Formulation : Articulation Portfolio I Folder 30 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by Harry
Screen
Unavailable
H 8.63 in W 16.88 in
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II Folder 2 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, Formulation : Articulation," published by
Screen
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I, Folder 32A
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, Formulation : Articulation; published by Harry N
Lithograph
Formulation :Articulation : Portfolio I Folder 25 (A)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, Formulation : Articulation, published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio II Folder 31 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, Formulation : Articulation, published by Harry
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I, Folder 2
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, " Formulation : Articulation," published by
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Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio I Folder 4
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, "Articulation : Formulation," published by
Screen
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II, Folder 25 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen by Josef Albers from his classic work, Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio published
Lithograph
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H 19.25 in W 24.25 in
Untitled from Formulation Articulation, Framed Silkscreen by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers Title: Portfolio 1, Folder 24, Image 2 from Portfolio: Formulation
Screen
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H 19.5 in W 24 in
untitled from Formulation: Articulation, Framed Silkscreen by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers Title: Portfolio 2, Folder 10, Image 1 from Portfolio: Formulation
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JOSEF ALBERS Formulation: Articulation VI, 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
page silkscreen print page from a portfolio book containing 127 silkscreens of Josef Albers most iconic
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JOSEF ALBERS Formulation: Articulation I, 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
silkscreen print page from a portfolio book containing 127 silkscreens of Josef Albers most iconic works
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JOSEF ALBERS Formulation: Articulation Portfolio 1, Folder 31, 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
portfolio book containing 127 silkscreens of Josef Albers most iconic works. Published by Harry N. Abrams
Screen
$2,052 / item
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
"Les Terrains" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30"x40"
Located in New York, NY
Our first limited edition fine art print “Les Terrains” is an emotive abstract landscape translated in gouache, charcoal and pastel. Created by artist Christiane Lemieux, there will ...
Paper
$3,200
H 30.25 in W 30.25 in D 2 in
1975 Hard Edge Square Oil Painting on Canvas, in the Manner of Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Oil on canvas painting signed on verso "B. Raab 5/75" After the famed "Homage to the Square" by Josef Albers Measures 30-1/4" X 30-1/4" square. Original aluminum frame. Colors are b...
Aluminum
$2,133 / set
H 24.81 in W 23.63 in D 13.78 in
French Pair of Nightstands Side Cabinets Bedside Tables Brutalist Style, 2022
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of oak nightstands "Pyrénées" signed by Sébastien Lamarre. This french side cabinets were made by Sébastien Lamarre for Maison Marie Anne. The creator chose for the Pyrénées mo...
Oak
Panoplie Petite Iron Tripod Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite iron tripod lamp with slender legs and tapered feet. New wiring and new oyster linen shade. Multiple available, sold individually. Takes one E12 base bulb, up to 25 W or highe...
Iron
$1,504 / item
H 67.72 in W 118.12 in D 15.75 in
Baleri Italia Cartoons Screen in Havana Paper by Luigi Baroli
By Luigi Baroli, Baleri Italia
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Screen with free-standing structure in corrugated paper-board extracted from pure cellulose. Completely recyclable and non-pollutive. Upper and lower edges in techno-polymer in matte...
Paper
$6,353 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
$3,393Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 7.75 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Pair of Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconces
By Örsjö Industri AB, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris patinated outdoor sconces. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed ...
Metal
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$6,450 / set
H 32.88 in W 78.75 in D 63.19 in
Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Set with Table, Bench, Set of Chairs
By Rainer Daumiller
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining room set consisting of a dining table, bench, and pair of chairs, solid beech, Scandinavia, 1980s This expansive dining room set is a rare find, distinguished by its exceptio...
Beech
"Marchand" Scalloped Walnut Dresser by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The Marchand 6-drawer dresser showcases elegantly scalloped edge detailing and textural drawer fronts, making it a distinctive piece in any bedroom. It sits on minimal turned legs, b...
Oak
$1,918 / set
H 21.66 in W 24.02 in D 35.83 in
Pair of Italian Mid-Century-Modern Lounge Chairs in Ochre Boucle, 1970s Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
Pair of Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs or club chairs. Modules can be used as a modular sofa or modular seating set. Beautiful and unique shape. A 1970 design and p...
Bouclé, Foam, Wood
Ceramic Circular Chandelier by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Ceramic chandelier made by the french artist Olivia Cognet, made of different sized cylinders put together covered with decorative elements. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2016, Fre...
Ceramic
Charlotte Perriand
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Grenoble, FR
Charlotte perriand hanging cabinet in formica and larch with slatted doors. wall-mounted desk with outlet in ash and fir. This set was created in 1968 for the 3 arcs residence, ins...
Ash
Charlotte Perriand Méribel Wood Stool by Cassina, Oak/Walnut, Italy
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
The price is dependent on the chosen material. This stool model Meribel is designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61 and is inspired by the French locality much loved by the design...
Oak, Walnut
"Marchand" Scalloped Oak Dresser by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The Marchand 6-drawer dresser showcases elegantly scalloped edge detailing and textural drawer fronts, making it a distinctive piece in any bedroom. It sits on minimal turned legs, b...
Oak
The German-born American painter, writer, and educator Josef Albers was a pioneer of 20th century modernism, and an innovative practitioner of color theory. With his wife, the textile artist and printmaker Anni Albers (1899–1994), he shaped the development of a generation of American artists and designers through his teaching at the experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and later at Yale University School of Art, where he was the chairman of the department of design from 1950–1958. Albers is widely known for his series of prints and paintings "Homages to the Square," which he created between 1950 and 1975. His influential volume on color theory The Interaction of Color was published in 1963.
Albers was born in Bottrop, Germany, and as a young man he studied art education, earning certification from the Königliche Kunstschule in Berlin in 1915. He entered the legendary Bauhaus school in Weimar in 1920. The Bauhaus had been established by Walter Gropius in 1919, in the immediate aftermath of World War I, with the hope that its innovative curriculum would foster connections between architecture, art, and traditional crafts. In 1923 Albers began teaching the Vorkurs, the introductory class in which new students learned to work with each of the key artists’ materials, along with color theory, composition, construction and design.
Albers was a polymath, and the multidisciplinary environment of the Bauhaus was fertile ground for his artistic ambitions. When the school moved from Weimar to Dessau in 1925, he became a full professor, and in addition to glass and metal, he designed typefaces and furniture. While at the Bauhaus, Albers drew inspiration from the work of his colleagues, the color theorist Johannes Itten, and the painter, photographer, and designer László Moholy-Nagy, with whom he co-taught the Vorkurs.
In 1933, the Bauhaus was shut down due to pressure from the Nazi Party, which perceived the school as being sympathetic to communist intellectuals. As Albers’ wife Anni was Jewish, the couple resolved to leave Germany, and settled in rural North Carolina. The architect Philip Johnson helped make arrangements for Albers to join the faculty of Black Mountain College as the head of the painting program, where he remained until 1949. While at Black Mountain, both Josef and Anni Albers became influential mentors to American artists including Ruth Asawa, Cy Twombly, and Robert Rauschenberg, while working alongside fellow professors Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Merce Cunningham and William de Kooning.
In 1950, Albers joined the faculty of the Yale University School of Art where he would head the newly established Department of Design until his retirement in 1958. In the 1950s, the Alberses began taking trips to Mexico, where the colors and forms of the local art and architecture inspired both artists.
In 1971, Albers became the first living artist whose work was the subject of a solo retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Though they worked in different mediums, Josef and Anni Albers’ work shares a fascination with color and geometry. Josef Albers’ compositions from the "Homages to the Square" series, such as Formulation: Articulation Portfolio II Folder 28 (B), from 1972, give deceptively simple shapes a novel vibrance as colors play off of one another. The hues in Articulation Portfolio II Folder 28 (B) work in concert to give the flat surface the distinct appearance of a tunnel or other three-dimensional space; while the form on the left appears to move towards the viewer, the form on the right seems to lead directly into the canvas. Similarly, Anni Albers’ designs for textiles use graphic design to lend a sense of dynamism to flat works. Her Study for Unexecuted Wall Hanging (Bauhaus), from 1984 is a Mondrian-like pattern for a weaving in which different colors alternately recede and advance into the foreground, giving the image a sense of complexity and uncanny depth.
Josef Albers also created works of public art, including a delicate, geometric gold leaf mural called Two Structural Constellations for the lobby of the Corning Glass building in New York City in 1959. He designed a work called Two Portals for the lobby of the Time & Life Building in 1961, in which which and brown bands move towards two square panels made of bronze. Walter Gropius invited Albers to create a piece for the Pan Am Building, which he was designing with the architectural firm of Emery Roth & Sons. Albers reworked an existing glass piece from his Bauhaus days called City, and, fittingly, renamed it Manhattan.
Find a collection of authentic Josef Albers art on 1stDibs.
Explore a vast range of abstract prints on 1stDibs to find a piece to enhance your existing collection or transform a space.
Unlike figurative paintings and other figurative art, which focuses on realism and representational perspectives, abstract art concentrates on visual interpretation. An artist may use a single color or simple geometric forms to create a world of depth. Printmaking has a rich history of abstraction. Through materials like stone, metal, wood and wax, an image can be transferred from one surface to another.
During the 19th century, iconic artists, including Edvard Munch, Paul Cézanne, Georgiana Houghton and others, began exploring works based on shapes and colors. This was a departure from the academic conventions of European painting and would influence the rise of 20th-century abstraction and its pioneers, like Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian.
Some leaders of European abstraction, including Franz Kline, were influenced by the gestural shapes of East Asian calligraphy. Calligraphy interprets poetry, songs, symbols or other means of storytelling into art, from works on paper in Japan to elements of Islamic architecture.
Bold, daring and expressive, abstract art is constantly evolving and dazzling viewers. And entire genres have blossomed from it, such as Color Field painting and Minimalism.
The collection of abstract art prints on 1stDibs includes etchings, lithographs, screen-prints and other works, and you can find prints by artists such as Joan Miró, Alexander Calder and more.