Pair of Josef Albers Lithographs from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Josef Albers lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
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Pair of Josef Albers Lithographs from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Josef Albers lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Pair of Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Josef Albers lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Josef Albers exhibition poster 1975 (Josef Albers Auguste Herbin)
By Josef Albers
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Josef Albers (after) & Auguste Herbin Paris, 1975: Lithographic exhibition poster published in conjunction with a joint exhibition by Auguste Herbin & Josef Albers at Galerie Melki P...
Lithograph
Josef Albers - Untitled from "White Line Squares" (1966) Colored Lithograph
By Josef Albers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albers, Josef Untitled from "White Line Squares" Portfolio, 1966 Lithograph on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Lithograph
Josef Albers - Untitled from "White Line Squares" (1966) Colored Lithograph
By Josef Albers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albers, Josef Untitled from "White Line Squares" Portfolio, 1966 Lithograph on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Lithograph
Josef Albers - Untitled from "White Line Squares" (1966) Colored Lithograph
By Josef Albers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albers, Josef Untitled from "White Line Squares" Portfolio, 1966 Lithograph on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Lithograph
Josef Albers - Untitled from "White Line Squares" (1966) Colored Lithograph
By Josef Albers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albers, Josef Untitled from "White Line Squares" Portfolio, 1966 Lithograph on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Lithograph
Josef Albers - Untitled from "White Line Squares" (1966) Colored Lithograph
By Josef Albers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albers, Josef Untitled from "White Line Squares" Portfolio, 1966 Lithograph on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Lithograph
Josef Albers - Untitled from "White Line Squares" (1966) Colored Lithograph
By Josef Albers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albers, Josef Untitled from "White Line Squares" Portfolio, 1966 Lithograph on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Lithograph
Josef Albers - Untitled from "White Line Squares" (1966) Colored Lithograph
By Josef Albers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albers, Josef Untitled from "White Line Squares" Portfolio, 1966 Lithograph on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Lithograph
Josef Albers - Untitled from "White Line Squares" (1966) Colored Lithograph
By Josef Albers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albers, Josef Untitled from "White Line Squares" Portfolio, 1966 Lithograph on paper 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Lithograph
Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Josef Albers Abstract Lithograph from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
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Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
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Josef Albers Abstract Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from folder XI-1, interaction of color, circa 1960s. updated
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Josef Albers Abstract Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Josef Albers abstract lithographs from folder XVI-2 interaction of color, circa 1960s. updated
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Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
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White Line Squares (Series II), XVI Lithograph by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Josef Albers White Line Squares (Series II), XVI Lithograph 20 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.
Lithograph
Josef Albers Abstract Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of abstract color lithographs by Joseph Albers from the "Interaction of Color" portfolio, folder number VIII-2, circa 1960s. The price noted below is for the pair of framed works.
Glass, Paper, Wood
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers, from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Josef Albers Abstract Leaves Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract leaves color Lithographs, by Joseph Albers from the "Interaction of Color" portfolio, circa 1960s. The larger lithograph measures 10.25" H x 7.25" W. The smaller measures 7....
Glass, Wood, Paper
Josef Albers record art set of 2 works (Albers album art)
By Josef Albers
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Josef Albers Album Art circa late 1950s: A set of 2 vinyl record covers (containing their records) brilliantly designed by Josef Albers circa 1959 and 1961.
Lithograph, Offset
Black and White Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Black and White Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Josef Albers Suite of Seven Abstract Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Suite of seven abstract lithographs by Josef Albers, from folder XVIII-11 of interaction of color.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Josef Albers Abstract Lithograph from Interaction of Color 9" x 13" Mid Century
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Interaction of color, circa 1960s.
Glass, Wood, Paper
$1,975Sale Price|48% Off
Framed: Six Lithographs "White Lines Squares" After Josef Albers (48% OFF)
By (after) Josef Albers
Located in Kansas City, MO
Individually framed: six lithographs "White Lines Squares," 1966, after Josef Albers, by Blair Litho (Lithograph in brilliant Colors on paper, 1966).
Plexiglass, Paper
$650Sale Price|35% Off
Josef Albers: 25 Years of Graphic Work (Midnight and Noon VII) Poster /// Square
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
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 P...
Lithograph
$16,000
'Interim' from the series 'Graphic Tectonics' —Mid-Century Geometric Abstraction
By Josef Albers
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Josef Albers, 'Interim' from the series 'Graphic Tectonics', zinc plate lithograph, 1942, edition 30, Danilowitz 101.
Lithograph
$9,000Sale Price|25% Off
'Interlinear K50' — Mid-Century Geometric Abstraction
By Josef Albers
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Josef Albers, 'Interlinear K50', zinc plate lithograph offset to stone printing, 1962, edition 20, Danilowitz 151.
Lithograph
Interaction of Color - serigraph
By (after) Josef Albers
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen / serigraph. This is one of the silkscreens from the Josef Albers "Interaction of Color" portfolio, printed in 1963 and published by Yale University Press in an ed...
Lithograph
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). This particular variation of Albers' Homage to the Square series is called "White L...
Lithograph
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 N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Stillman. The individual images are unsigned...
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 N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Sillman. The individual images are unsigned....
Lithograph
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. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Sillman. The individual images are unsigned. A...
Lithograph
Variant IV from Ten Variants
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in grays and blues from Josef Albers Ten Variants. Printed on Rives BFK paper, with full margins, portfolio 212 of edition of 300, published by Ives-Sillman, Inc., New Ha...
Lithograph
Variant III from Ten Variants
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in grays, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins, portfolio 212 of edition of 300 published by Ives-Sillman, Inc., New Haven with their blind stamp in lower right corner o...
Lithograph
Variant VII from Ten Variants
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, with full margins, portfolio 212 of edition of 300 published by Ives-Sillman, Inc., New Haven with their blind stamp in lower right corner of margin. ...
Lithograph
Variant II from Ten Variants
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, with full margins, portfolio 212 of edition of 300 published by Ives-Sillman, Inc., New Haven with their blind stamp in lower right corner of margin. ...
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 N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Stillman. The individual images are unsigned...
Lithograph
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. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Sillman. The individual images are unsigned. A...
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 N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Sillman. The individual images are unsigned....
Lithograph
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H 15 in W 20 in
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II, Folder 27 (B) "Homage to the Square"
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
"Formulation : Articulation" published by Harry N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Sillman. The individual images are unsigned. Albers' signature appears on the title page of Por...
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 15 in W 20 in
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II, Folder 27 (A) "Homage to the Square"
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
"Formulation : Articulation" published by Harry N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Sillman. The individual images are unsigned. Albers' signature appears on the title page of Por...
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 15 in W 20 in
"Formulation : Articulation, " Portfolio I Folder 16 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
"Formulation : Articulation," Portfolio I Folder 16 Josef Albers is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was born 1888 in Bottrop, Germany. In 1920 Albers joi...
Lithograph
WLS VIII
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers was an American-German artist best known for his iconic color square paintings, also know as his Homage to the Square series. These works, along with his writings, are c...
Lithograph
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 by Harry N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Sillman. From the edition of 1000, t...
Lithograph
Formulation : Articulation, Portfolio II, Folder 26
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Josef Albers is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was born 1888 in Bottrop, Germany. In 1920 Albers joined the Bauhaus movement in Weimar that focused on th...
Lithograph
"Formulation : Articulation, " Portfolio I Folder 33
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
"Formulation : Articulation," Portfolio I Folder 33 Josef Albers is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was born 1888 in Bottrop, Germany. In 1920 Albers joi...
Lithograph
Pair of Geometric Lithographs by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Geometric Lithographs by Josef Albers, circa 1970s. Pencil signed lower right of each lithograph.
Paper, Wood
Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
Glass, Wood, Paper
Josef Albers Abstract Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of abstract purple color lithographs by Joseph Albers from the "Interaction of Color" portfolio, folder number X-1, circa 1960s. The price noted below is for the pair of framed ...
Glass, Paper, Wood
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H 18.5 in W 23.5 in D 0.5 in
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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H 18.5 in W 23.5 in D 0.5 in
Abstract Lithographs by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithographs from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Abstract Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N.
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Josef Albers Abstract Grey Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of abstract grey lithographs by Joseph Albers from the "Interaction of Color" portfolio, circa 1960s. The price noted below is for the pair of framed works.
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H 20.67 in W 20.87 in
WLS XIV -- Lithograph, White Line Squares, Square, Gray by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in London, GB
JOSEF ALBERS WLS XIV, 1966 Lithograph printed in sand gray, transparent warm gray and transparent medium gray On Arches Cover paper Signed, dated, titled and inscribed artist's proof...
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H 18.5 in W 23.25 in D 0.5 in
Black and White Lithograph by Josef Albers from Formulation and Articulation
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Josef Albers abstract lithograph from formulation and articulation, published by Harry N.
Glass, Wood, Paper
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H 8.875 in W 8.875 in
Josef Albers Homage to the Square screen-print 1977 (Josef Albers prints)
By (after) Josef Albers
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Josef Albers Homage to the Square print 1977: Screen-print in colors on heavy double-folded wove paper from the Verlag Aurel Bongers 1977 monograph approved by Albers shortly before...
Screen, Lithograph
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.
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