Josef Albers Abstract Serigraphs from "Interaction of Color," 1963
Item Details
Josef Albers (American/German, 1888 – 1976)
Untitled (plate VI-2, two abstract color field compositions), 1963
Two serigraphs on folded sheet of paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Interaction of Color by Josef Albers
Published by Yale University Press
Photocopy of book publication page included
Authorized reproduction print after a color study from Albers’ taught course on color at Yale University. Many studies in the volume are recreations of students’ works and approved by Albers for inclusion.
Josef Albers was an influential 20th century artist who is highly regarded for his Modernist work, color theory and innovative teaching. He gained wide public recognition through his series Homage to the Square, produced in 1950 until his death in 1976, leading to the first retrospective of a living artist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1971. Through the repetitive use of this single geometric composition, Albers systematically explored the interactions of color and its effect on the viewer. He typically painted his finished works in this series with a palette knife, spreading thin layers of paint straight from the tube, starting from the center square and working towards the outer edge, never layering his color. He developed extensive theories on the matter which were published in his 1963 book Interaction of Color where he proposed that “…color rather than form is the primary medium of the pictorial language”. Throughout his career Albers traveled extensively across the United States as a visiting professor and lecturer, and his work resides in the permanent collections of numerous prestigious institutions including the Guggenheim, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art and more.
Condition
- toning to paper; marks to the upper green section and minor marks to lower beige and pink sections of prints; droplet marks to the margins at corners; slight abrasions to corners.
Dimensions
- measures sheet unfolded.
Item #
ITMG637365