Josef Albers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: P-Blue
1971
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color screenprint on Arches wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 72.39 × 53.34 cm (28 1/2 × 21 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Anonymous Gift
Accession Number
1982.92.5
Art Historical Context
Josef Albers' *Josef Albers at the Metropolitan Museum Art: P-Blue* (1971) is a striking color screenprint on Arches wove paper, measuring 72.39 × 53.34 cm. Created late in the artist's career, this work reflects Albers' lifelong obsession with color perception, honed during his Bauhaus years and teaching stints at Black Mountain College Yale. The title nods to a presentation of his art at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, capturing a moment when his abstract explorations gained widespread acclaim. As a master of geometric abstraction, Albers used screenprinting—a technique prized for it...
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...