Josef Albers “Interaction of Color” Plate XVIII – 1 (Right Side Print), Framed

First edition silkscreen from “Interaction of Color”, published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited edition of 2000. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors and students, “Interaction of Color” is a masterwork in Twentieth-Century art education. Each of the volume’s prints, mostly color silkscreens, is accompanied by descriptive text by Josef Albers. As issued, all prints are unsigned. Framed with a gloss white lacquer wood frame with conservation matting, protected by Tru Vue Conservation Clear® acrylic glazing. As with all of our framed art, the frame is new, created by an old-world master having over 30 years of experience framing fine art. The print is in mint condition, having never been previously displayed, and once framed is stored in a controlled environment away from light. Overall size with frame: 19 x 16 inches; mat opening size: 12-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches.

Born 1888 in Bottrop, Germany, Josef Albers is considered one of the most influential artists and teacher of visual arts of the 20th Century. Although Albers had studied painting, it was as a maker of stained glass that he joined the faculty of the Bauhaus in 1922, approaching this medium as a component of architecture and as an art form. After the Nazis came to power, Albers and his wife Anni, moved to the United States where he became head of Black Mountain College’s Art Department from 1933 until 1950, when Albers left to head Yale University’s Department of Design. There, his students included Richard Anuszkiewicz, John Chamberlain, Eva Hesse, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, and Sewell Sillman, who became a publisher of many Albers editions. His works on paper include “Interaction of Color” (1963), “Homage to the Square” (various years), “Ten Variants” (1967), and “Formulation: Articulation” (1972). Our Gallery has Albers prints from all these editions.