1966 Lithograph "WLS-lll" by Josef Albers

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Original "White Line Squares" lithograph, from the rare exhibition catalog "Josef Albers : White Line Squares" printed in 1966 by … Read more Original "White Line Squares" lithograph, from the rare exhibition catalog "Josef Albers : White Line Squares" printed in 1966 by Blair Litho and published by Gemini G.E.L., both in Los Angeles. This is a true lithograph print, not an offset, produced using the same techniques and inks as the larger exhibition lithographs. Sheet size: 7 x 7 inches; print size: 6 x 6 inches. The primary image is shown on a black background. Included is the decomposition print, showing how printing stages. The Colophon page is shown for reference purposes and not included. Mint condition new old stock, taken from a complete copy of the exhibition catalog "Josef Albers : White Line Squares".

A variation of “Homage to the Square”, a series of painting and prints by Josef Albers that explores how colors interact with one another. Each work shows simple, nested squares, arranged concentrically, with flat areas of color. The focus is not on subject matter or emotion, but on how color changes depending on its surrounding colors and light, affecting perception and mood. Through this minimalist format, Albers demonstrates that color is relative, dynamic, and influenced by context, making the series a key example of modern abstract art and color theory.

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. See less