Folder 3
1972
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screenprint in blue-green on Mohawk Superfine Bristol wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 38.1 × 101.6 cm (15 × 40 in.) sheet (folded): 38.1 × 50.8 cm (15 × 20 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Norman Ives)
Accession Number
2015.19.2850.3
Art Historical Context
Josef Albers' *Folder 3* (1972) is a captivating screenprint executed in nuanced blue-green tones on Mohawk Superfine Bristolove paper. Unfolded, the sheet measures 38. × 101.6 cm (15 × 40 in.), folding compactly to 38.1 × 50.8 cm (15 × 20 in.) for practical display or storage. Housed in the National Gallery Art's CG-W Department as part of the Corcoran Collection (Gift of. Norman Ives) and classified as a portfolio this work reflects Albers' precise late-career experiments. A Bauhaus pioneer and influential educator at Black Mountain College and Yale University, Albers revolutionized percept...
About the Artist
Josef Albers
Josef Albers, born on March 19, 1888, in Bottrop, Westphalia, into a Roman Catholic family of craftsmen, received early practical training from his father, Lorenzo Albers, a housepainter and carpenter, mastering skills in engraving glass, plumbing, wiring, and printmaking. After working as a schoolteacher in Bottrop from 1908 to 1913, he trained as an art teacher at the Königliche Kunstschule in B...