JOSEF ALBERS "EA" SCREENPRINT, 1973

If we were to play six degrees of separation in the art and design world, Josef Albers (1888-1976) would be Kevin Bacon.

Albers is connected to numerous movements and individuals who have defined visual culture in the 20th century. 

Albers was a student and later a professor at the Bauhaus in Germany. After the prestigious academy was closed by the Nazis, Albers and his wife Anni (a noted textile designer) emigrated to the United States.

While Albers is best known for his series “Homage to the Square”, he was an important mentor teaching major artists including Robert Rauchenberg, Cy Twombly and Eve Hesse at Black Mountain College and Yale.

Art Historians credit Albers for fusing elements of American and European abstraction while influencing minimalism, hard-edge painting and Op art.

His work is instantly recognizable and collected internationally.

This composition is based on a glass painting Albers created in 1929 entitled "Bowers". During the early 1970's Albers revisited some of these early works and revived the motif for a small number of prints. The influence of Mondrian is highly apparent. It is also significant and impressive that Albers was creating these hard-edge abstract designs in the 1920's. 

This work can be found in many prominent collections including Yale University Art Gallery

Questions about this piece? Contact us, call +1.416.704.1720, or visit our Toronto gallery.

"EA"

USA, 1973

Screenprint on German etching paper

Signed, numbered and dated by the artist.

From an edition of 100

Printed at Sirocco Screenprints, New Haven

Published Ives-Sillman, New Haven

15"H 21.75"H (sheet)

Note: This print is based on the 1928 glass picture Bowers.

Literature: Danilowitz 222.