WEG V from White Embossings on Gray
1971
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line-cut in gray with embossing on Roleaf wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 58.7 x 39.6 cm (23 1/8 x 15 9/16 in.) sheet: 66.3 x 51.1 cm (26 1/8 x 20 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
1991.74.3
Art Historical Context
**WEG V from White Embossings on Gray**1971) is a captivating print by Josef Albers the pioneering Bauhaus master and influential educator whose geometric abstractions revolutionized perceptions of color and form. Created late in Albers's career, this work belongs to his *White Embossings on* series, where he shifted from vibrant hues to subtle tonal explorations. Albers, who taught at Black Mountain College and Yale, was renowned for series like *Homage to the Square*, demonstrating how adjacent colors alter each other—a principle echoed here in grayscale subtleties. The medium—a line-cut in...
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...