Josef Albers (German: March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of
the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, into a Roman
Catholic family with a background in craftsmanship, Albers received practical training in diverse skills like engraving glass,
plumbing, and wiring during his childhood. He later worked as a schoolteacher from 1908 to 1913 and received his first public
commission in 1918 and moved to Munich in 1919.
In 1920, Albers joined the Weimar Bauhaus as a student and became a faculty member in 1922, teaching the principles of handicrafts. With the Bauhaus's move to Dessau in 1925, he was promoted to professor and married Anni Albers, a student at the institution and a textile artist. Albers' work in Dessau included designing furniture and working with glass, collaborating with established artists like Paul Klee. Following the Bauhaus's closure under Nazi pressure in 1933, Albers emigrated to the United States. He was appointed as the head of the painting program at the experimental liberal arts institution Black Mountain College in North Carolina, a position he held until 1949.
At Black Mountain, Albers taught students who would later go on to become prominent artists such as Ruth Asawa and Robert Rauschenberg, and invited contemporary American artists to teach in the summer seminar, including the choreographer Merce Cunningham and Harlem Renaissance painter Jacob Lawrence. In 1950, he left for Yale University to head the design department, contributing significantly to its graphic design program. Albers' teaching methodology, prioritizing practical experience and vision in design, had a profound impact on the development of postwar Western visual art, while his book Interaction of Color, published in 1963, is considered a seminal work on color theory.
In addition to being a teacher, Albers was an active abstract painter and theorist, best known for his series "Homage to the Square", in which he explored chromatic interactions with nested squares, meticulously recording the colors used. He also created murals, such as those for the Corning Glass Building and the Time & Life Building in New York City. In 1970, he and his wife lived in Orange, Connecticut, where they continued to work in their private studio. In 1971, Albers was first living artist to be given a solo show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Albers died in his sleep on March 25, 1976, at the Yale New Haven Hospital after being admitted for a possible heart ailment.
In 1920, Albers joined the Weimar Bauhaus as a student and became a faculty member in 1922, teaching the principles of handicrafts. With the Bauhaus's move to Dessau in 1925, he was promoted to professor and married Anni Albers, a student at the institution and a textile artist. Albers' work in Dessau included designing furniture and working with glass, collaborating with established artists like Paul Klee. Following the Bauhaus's closure under Nazi pressure in 1933, Albers emigrated to the United States. He was appointed as the head of the painting program at the experimental liberal arts institution Black Mountain College in North Carolina, a position he held until 1949.
At Black Mountain, Albers taught students who would later go on to become prominent artists such as Ruth Asawa and Robert Rauschenberg, and invited contemporary American artists to teach in the summer seminar, including the choreographer Merce Cunningham and Harlem Renaissance painter Jacob Lawrence. In 1950, he left for Yale University to head the design department, contributing significantly to its graphic design program. Albers' teaching methodology, prioritizing practical experience and vision in design, had a profound impact on the development of postwar Western visual art, while his book Interaction of Color, published in 1963, is considered a seminal work on color theory.
In addition to being a teacher, Albers was an active abstract painter and theorist, best known for his series "Homage to the Square", in which he explored chromatic interactions with nested squares, meticulously recording the colors used. He also created murals, such as those for the Corning Glass Building and the Time & Life Building in New York City. In 1970, he and his wife lived in Orange, Connecticut, where they continued to work in their private studio. In 1971, Albers was first living artist to be given a solo show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Albers died in his sleep on March 25, 1976, at the Yale New Haven Hospital after being admitted for a possible heart ailment.
Title: "WLS VI"
Portfolio: White Line Squares (Series I)
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1966
Medium: Original Lithograph
Limited edition: AP VII (of X) (an artist's proof aside from the standard edition of 125)
Framed size: 25.25" x 25.25"
Sheet size: 20.82" x 20.82"
Image size: 15.75" x 15.75"
Reference: Danilowitz 171.6
Price: $26,000 ON HOLD
Portfolio: White Line Squares (Series I)
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1966
Medium: Original Lithograph
Limited edition: AP VII (of X) (an artist's proof aside from the standard edition of 125)
Framed size: 25.25" x 25.25"
Sheet size: 20.82" x 20.82"
Image size: 15.75" x 15.75"
Reference: Danilowitz 171.6
Price: $26,000 ON HOLD
Title: "WLS I"
Portfolio: White Line Squares (Series I)
*Signed LR *Rare
Year: 1966
Medium: Original Lithograph
Limited edition: 124/125
Framed size: 22" x 22"
Sheet size: 20.75" x 20.75"
Image size: 15.75" x 15.75"
Reference: Danilowitz 171.1
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: White Line Squares (Series I)
*Signed LR *Rare
Year: 1966
Medium: Original Lithograph
Limited edition: 124/125
Framed size: 22" x 22"
Sheet size: 20.75" x 20.75"
Image size: 15.75" x 15.75"
Reference: Danilowitz 171.1
Price: SOLD
Title: "FGa"
*Signed LR
Year: 1968 *Very rare
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 76/100
Framed size: 21.5" x 21.5"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 179
Price: SOLD
*Signed LR
Year: 1968 *Very rare
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 76/100
Framed size: 21.5" x 21.5"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 179
Price: SOLD
Title: "Palatial"
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 36/50
Sheet size: 17" x 16.88"
Image size: 11.13" x 11.13"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.2
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 36/50
Sheet size: 17" x 16.88"
Image size: 11.13" x 11.13"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.2
Price: SOLD
Title: "I-S LXX a"
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 34/125
Sheet size: 21" x 21"
Image size: 12" x 12"
Reference: Danilowitz 196
Price: SOLD
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 34/125
Sheet size: 21" x 21"
Image size: 12" x 12"
Reference: Danilowitz 196
Price: SOLD
Title: "SP X"
Portfolio: SP
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1967
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 12/125
Sheet size: 24.25" x 24.25"
Image size: 19.5" x 19.5"
Reference: Danilowitz 175.10
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: SP
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1967
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 12/125
Sheet size: 24.25" x 24.25"
Image size: 19.5" x 19.5"
Reference: Danilowitz 175.10
Price: SOLD
Title: "Golden Gate"
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned edition *Rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Framed size: 17.75" x 17.75"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.1
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned edition *Rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Framed size: 17.75" x 17.75"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.1
Price: SOLD
Title: "SP IV"
Portfolio: SP
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1967
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 63/125
Framed size: 29.75" x 29.75"
Sheet size: 24.25" x 24.25"
Image size: 19.5" x 19.5"
Reference: Danilowitz 175.4
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: SP
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1967
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 63/125
Framed size: 29.75" x 29.75"
Sheet size: 24.25" x 24.25"
Image size: 19.5" x 19.5"
Reference: Danilowitz 175.4
Price: SOLD
Title: "Reserved"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.9
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.9
Price: SOLD
Title: "Aura"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Framed size: 19.25" x 19.25"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.8
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Framed size: 19.25" x 19.25"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.8
Price: SOLD
Title: "Wide Light"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 16.88"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.1
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 16.88"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.1
Price: SOLD
Title: "Joy"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Framed size: 19.75" x 19.75"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.10
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Framed size: 19.75" x 19.75"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.10
Price: SOLD
Title: "Gray Instrumentation II e"
Portfolio: Gray Instrumentation II
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1975
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 29/36
Sheet size: 19" x 19"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 228.5
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Gray Instrumentation II
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1975
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 29/36
Sheet size: 19" x 19"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 228.5
Price: SOLD
Title: "Allusive"
Portfolio: The Artist and the Printer
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 506/1,200
Sheet size: 14.5" x 17.5"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 164
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: The Artist and the Printer
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 506/1,200
Sheet size: 14.5" x 17.5"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 164
Price: SOLD
Title/Portfolio: "Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers"
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: The complete boxed portfolio of 10 Original Screenprints
Limited edition: 196/250
Sheet size: each - 17" x 17"
Image size: each - 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.1-156.10
Price: SOLD
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: The complete boxed portfolio of 10 Original Screenprints
Limited edition: 196/250
Sheet size: each - 17" x 17"
Image size: each - 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.1-156.10
Price: SOLD
Title: "Nacre"
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned proof *Very rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: an unsigned proof aside from the signed edition of 50
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.3
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned proof *Very rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: an unsigned proof aside from the signed edition of 50
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.3
Price: SOLD
Title: "Artic Bloom"
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned edition *Rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11.13" x 11.13"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.8
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned edition *Rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11.13" x 11.13"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.8
Price: SOLD
Title: "Thaw"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Framed size: 20.25" x 20.25"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.2
Price: $4,000
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Framed size: 20.25" x 20.25"
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.2
Price: $4,000
Title: "Arrived"
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 25/50
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.10
Price: $12,000 ON HOLD
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Signed LR *Very rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 25/50
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11" x 11"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.10
Price: $12,000 ON HOLD
Title: "Tenuous"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11.13" x 11.07"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.3
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works
*Issued unsigned *Rare
Year: 1962
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11.13" x 11.07"
Reference: Danilowitz 156.3
Price: SOLD
Title: "JHM - II"
Portfolio: Josef Albers Honors the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
*Signed LR
Year: 1973
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: HC 8/22 (a hors commerce impression aside from the standard edition of 144)
Framed size: 26.5" x 36.63"
Sheet size: 25" x 35"
Image size: 15.13" x 15.07"
Reference: Danilowitz 224.2
Price: $15,500
Portfolio: Josef Albers Honors the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
*Signed LR
Year: 1973
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: HC 8/22 (a hors commerce impression aside from the standard edition of 144)
Framed size: 26.5" x 36.63"
Sheet size: 25" x 35"
Image size: 15.13" x 15.07"
Reference: Danilowitz 224.2
Price: $15,500
Title: "EK Ic"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ia-Ik
*Signed LR *Rare
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 83/125
Sheet size: 21.63" x 21.5"
Image size: 13.82" x 13.75"
Reference: Danilowitz 203.3
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ia-Ik
*Signed LR *Rare
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 83/125
Sheet size: 21.63" x 21.5"
Image size: 13.82" x 13.75"
Reference: Danilowitz 203.3
Price: SOLD
Title: "Palatial"
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned proof *Very rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: an unsigned proof aside from the signed edition of 50
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11.07" x 11.07"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.2
Price: SOLD
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned proof *Very rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: an unsigned proof aside from the signed edition of 50
Sheet size: 17" x 17"
Image size: 11.07" x 11.07"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.2
Price: SOLD
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Josef ALBERS (German-American, 1888-1976)
Josef ALBERS (German-American, 1888-1976)
Title: "Porta Negra"
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned edition *Rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 17.13"
Image size: 11" x 11.07"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.5
Price: $4,250
Portfolio: Soft Edge-Hard Edge
*Unsigned edition *Rare
Year: 1965
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 250
Sheet size: 17" x 17.13"
Image size: 11" x 11.07"
Reference: Danilowitz 165.5
Price: $4,250