Folder 32
1972
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View on museum website →Medium
color screenprint 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
2015.19.2850.32
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...