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106Josef AlbersWLS IV, from White Line Squares (Series I)1966 Lithograph in colors, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins. I. 15 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. (39.7 x 39.7 cm) S. 20 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (52.7 x 52.7 cm) Signed with initial 'A', titled, dated and numbered 52/125 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamp), unframed. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 Place Advance BidContact Specialist Editions@phillips.com
Condition ReportSign uporLog inLiteratureGemini G.E.L. 5 Brenda Danilowitz 171.4Artist BioJosef AlbersGerman-American • 1888 - 1976Follow Josef Albers was a German-American artist and educator, best known for his series Homage to the Square. His rigid, geometric works focus on the interplay of color and shape, and Albers is considered one of the fathers of both Minimalism and Conceptual Art. Albers was born in Bottrop, Germany, and relocated to Munich in 1919 to study at the city’s Academy of Fine Arts. Albers began his career as an educator at the famous Bauhaus in 1922, first as a stained glass instructor and then as a full professor in 1925. Working at the Bauhaus brought Albers into contact with many other famous artists of the period, including Kandinsky and Klee. When the Nazis forced the Bauhaus’ closure in 1933, Albers left Germany and settled permanently in the United States. For ten years, Albers (and his wife, fellow artist Anni Albers taught at Black Mountain College, a progressive school in North Carolina. Between his time there and later at Yale University, Albers taught a number of artists who would later become quite famous, including Robert Rauschenberg Cy Twombly Eva Hesse Ruth Asawa and Richard Anuszkiewicz.View More Works