Chrysoprase, 1965

ArtistJosef Albers, Bottrop 1888–1976 New Haven

Screen print, book supplement

Image dimensions28 × 28 cm

Sheet dimensions (gefaltetes Doppelblatt)30,8 × 61,6 cm

Status

on display, room 032.2

About the workBorn in Bottrop, Josef Albers studied at the Bauhaus before teaching there until it was closed by the National Socialists. He fled to the USA in 1933, where he continued to explore the effects of colour. After emigrating, Albers taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina and at Yale University. From 1950, the main subject of his paintings and prints were three or four nested squares in as many colours, which he used to explore the interaction between neighbouring fields of colour.

AccessionKemp Collection Foundation 2016

Provenance[...]; 2016 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf)

Inventory numberKemp 762

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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