Formulation: Articulation Portfolio: Folio I: Folder 26
Artist
Josef Albers
(American, 1888 - 1976)
Date1972
Mediumscreenprint on paper
Dimensions12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (31.8 x 31.8 cm)
ClassificationsFine Art
Credit LineGift of Joel and Lila Harnett
Object numberH2003.02.04
Curator NotesSurface Tension: Pattern, Texture, and Rhythm in Art from the Collection
March 20, 2010 to October 03, 2010
Albers was an influential artist, writer, designer, painter, and color theorist who studied and taught at the Bauhaus in Germany and later taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. He believed that color was just an illusion, and that the interpretation of perceived color is governed by internal mental processes that can be fooled.
This print demonstrates an image with more than one three-dimensional interpretation. It could depict two transparent boxes with shadows, four large interconnected shapes, or an arrangement of several independent shapes and lines.
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What's New? Recent Gifts in the Three University Museums
July 14, 2006 to February 22, 2007
This print is from the portfolio designed and produced by Albers in 1972 as an overview of his oeuvre. With his studies of the interaction of color and form, he was one of the twentieth century’s most influential and articulate artists and theorists. Albers was also a founder of the American Abstract Artists organization in 1936.
March 20, 2010 to October 03, 2010
Albers was an influential artist, writer, designer, painter, and color theorist who studied and taught at the Bauhaus in Germany and later taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. He believed that color was just an illusion, and that the interpretation of perceived color is governed by internal mental processes that can be fooled.
This print demonstrates an image with more than one three-dimensional interpretation. It could depict two transparent boxes with shadows, four large interconnected shapes, or an arrangement of several independent shapes and lines.
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What's New? Recent Gifts in the Three University Museums
July 14, 2006 to February 22, 2007
This print is from the portfolio designed and produced by Albers in 1972 as an overview of his oeuvre. With his studies of the interaction of color and form, he was one of the twentieth century’s most influential and articulate artists and theorists. Albers was also a founder of the American Abstract Artists organization in 1936.
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