Object Details
- Artist
- Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976
- Provenance
- The Artist, Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1938- Orange, Connecticut, June/July 1968
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn (via Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 30 July 1968), 30 July 1968-1974
- Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
- Exhibition History
- Compiled by V. Fletcher 1979-80, amended 2009:
- ARTIST'S GALLERY, NY. "Josef Albers," 6-31 Dec 1938, no. 12 (lent by the artist).
- NEW ART CIRCLE, NY. "Josef Albers," 2-17 Jan 1945, no. 4.
- MEMPHIS ACADEMY OF ARTS. "Twenty-Five Paintings by Josef Albers," 15-28 Jan 1947, no. 11.
- CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, San Francisco. "Josef Albers," September 1947.
- CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM. "Josef Albers," Oct 1949, no. 5 (lent by artist).
- ALLEN R. HITE ART INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, KY. "Josef Albers," 17 April-27 May 1950, ill. on cover, listed (no. 2).
- ALEXANDRIA STUDIO GROTTO (location unknown). "Josef Albers," May 1951, no. 11.
- WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Hartford. "Josef & Anni Albers," 8 July-2 August 1953, no. 11.
- YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, New Haven. "Josef Albers," 25 April-18 June 1956, no. 18, catalog essay by George H. Hamilton, fig. 28, pp. 26, 47.
- NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART, Raleigh. "Josef Albers," 3 Feb-11 March 1962, no. 1 (signed LR: "A" dated 1938; lent by the artist, New Haven, 18 x 18 inches).
- WASHINGTON GALLERY OF MODERN ART, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: The American Years," 30 Oct-31 Dec 1965, no. 15. TOUR: ISSAC DELGADO MUSEUM OF ART, New Orleans, 23 Jan-27 Feb 1966; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 2-26 June; ART GALLERY, University of California, Santa Barbara, 8 July-7 Sept; ROSE ART MUSEUM, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 23 Sept-29 Oct 1966.
- ART MUSEUM, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, New Jersey. "Josef Albers: Paintings and Graphics 1917-1970," 5-26 Jan 1971, essay by Peter Morrin, no. 4, p. 12.
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York. "Geometric Abstraction of the 1930's," 5 November-3 December 1972, no. 1. TOUR: BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, Youngstown, Ohio, 25 February-18 March 1973.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. "Josef Albers," 27 September 1979-18 February 1980, no cat.
- ANTIGUO COLEGIO DE SAN ILDEFONSO, Mexico City, "Anni and Josef Albers: Latin American Journeys," 6 November 2007-23 April 2008.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration," 13 February-11 April 2010, no cat.
- FUNDACIÓN JUAN MARCH, Madrid. "Josef Albers: Minimal Means, Maximum Effect," 28 March-6 July 2014, no. 22, color ill. pg. 69.
- Published References
- UNSIGNED. L'Art Abstrait (Paris, Maeght, 1950), ill. (upside down).
- GOMRINGER, EUGEN. Josef Albers (New York: Wittenborn, 1968), pp. 63-64, color pl. p. 72.
- UNSIGNED. "Josef Albers on Tour," The New Republic (21 September 1965), p. 34.
- FINKELSTEIN, IRVING. The Life and Art of Josef Albers (New York University, Ph. D., 1967), vol. 1, pp. 125-127, fig. 95 (as 1938, 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, collection of the artist).
- UNSIGNED. Art Museum, Princeton University, New Jersey, Newsletter (January 1971), ill. of installation with our work in foreground.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 74.9
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 18 1/8 x 18 1/8in. (46 x 46cm) framed: 21 3/4 x 21 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (55.2 x 55.2 x 3.8 cm)
- See more items in
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Geometric Abstraction
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_74.9
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py26d6f20e8-c84f-475a-99d5-0457642ff0f6
