WEG II from White Embossings on Gray

1971

Josef Albers

Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

Lloyd Baggs

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Josef Albers

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    line-cut in gray and embossing on Roleaf wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    plate: 58.74 × 39.69 cm (23 1/8 × 15 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 66.36 × 51.12 cm (26 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.126

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Danilowitz 2010, no. 204.2

  • Copyright

    © 1997 Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society, NY/VG Bild Kunst, Bonn

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 321.

2010

  • Danilowitz, Brenda. The Prints of Joseph Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1915-1976. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2010, p. 149, no. 204.2.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 2.26. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: WEG II Gemini III; lower right in graphite: A '71; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JA71-384 [sic]

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74035553

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