Six Variants
1969
Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976
Printer
Publisher, 1966 - 1992
Artwork overview
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Medium
portfolio of six screenprints with title pages and gray cover
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 72.39 × 92.08 × 1.27 cm (28 1/2 × 36 1/4 × 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1976.69.9.1-6
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Catalogue Raisonné
Danilowitz 2010, no. 192
Associated Artworks
See all 6 artworksI-S Va 2
Josef Albers, Sirocco Screenprints, Ives-Sillman
1969
I-S Va 3
Josef Albers, Sirocco Screenprints, Ives-Sillman
1969
I-S Va 5
Josef Albers, Sirocco Screenprints, Ives-Sillman
1969
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Maclyn E. Wade, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1976 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
2010
Danilowitz, Brenda. The Prints of Joseph Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1915-1976. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2010, pp. 138-139, no. 192.
Inscriptions
VARIANT ONE. lower left in graphite: I-S Va 1 150/150; signed lower right in graphite: Albers '69
VARIANT TWO. lower left in graphite: I-S Va 2 150/150; signed lower right in graphite: Albers '69
VARIANT THREE. lower left in graphite: I-S Va 3 150/150; signed lower right in graphite: Albers '69
VARIANT FOUR. lower left in graphite: I-S Va 4 150/150; signed lower right in graphite: Albers '69
VARIANT FIVE. lower left in graphite: I-S Va 5 150/150; signed lower right in graphite: Albers '69
VARIANT SIX. lower left in graphite: I-S Va 6 150/150; signed lower right in graphite: Albers '69
Markings
VARIANT ONE. embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]
VARIANT TWO. embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]
VARIANT THREE. embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]
VARIANT FOUR. embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]
VARIANT FIVE. embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]
VARIANT SIX. embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]