WEG VIII from White Embossings on Gray
1971
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line-cut in gray with embossing on Roleaf wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 58.58 × 39.53 cm (23 1/16 × 15 9/16 in.) sheet: 66.5 × 51 cm (26 3/16 × 20 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1985.47.18
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...