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Josef Albers : discovery and invention : the early graphic works

Title
Josef Albers : discovery and invention : the early graphic works / Josef Albers ; with texts by David Cleaton-Roberts, Brenda Danilowitz, Jeannette Redensek.
Author
Albers, Josef
Publication
  • London : ART/BOOKS, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
160 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Summary
This publication considers Josef Albers' early development as an artist, beginning with the pre-Bauhaus years when he worked as an elementary school teacher in his native Bottrop in Western Germany, while sketching the landscape and architecture of his home town and studying courses in art by night. With a particular focus on works on paper, the book reveals not only the unappreciated naturalistic origins of his art, but also his ongoing interest in producing organic, surrealistic forms alongside the geometric abstraction for which he is best known. It presents dozens of prints, paintings and drawings from the first half of his career, as well as previously unseen photographs of the artist at work and on research trips to the ancient sites of Mexico where he found important sources of inspiration for his art and theories. With texts by two recognized Albers scholars, this volume offers a fresh and surprising view of a celebrated pioneer of modernism. Exhibition: Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK (12.2021 - 01.2022).
Uniform Title
Works. Selections
Alternative Title
Works.
Subject
  • Albers, Josef > Catalogs
  • Albers, Josef
  • Art, Modern > Catalogs
Note
  • Published in the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at Cristea Roberts Gallery in London.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQF 22-943
ISBN
  • 190897057X
  • 9781908970572
OCLC
1286144978
Author
Albers, Josef, artist.
Title
Josef Albers : discovery and invention : the early graphic works / Josef Albers ; with texts by David Cleaton-Roberts, Brenda Danilowitz, Jeannette Redensek.
Publisher
London : ART/BOOKS, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Research Call Number
JQF 22-943
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