WLS VI from White Line Squares (Series I)

1966

Josef Albers

Associated Names
Josef Albers

Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Octavio Pereira

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a series of nested squares in varying shades of orange. Each square is larger and lighter in color as they move outward from the center. The composition creates a visual effect similar to looking through a series of windows or picture frames.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arches Cover wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    image: 40 x 40 cm (15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 52.6 x 52.6 cm (20 11/16 x 20 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.47.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Danilowitz 2010, no. 171.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benjamin B. Smith, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1985 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 7.

1973

  • Miller, Jo. Josef Albers: Prints 1915-1970. New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1973, no. 120.

2010

  • Danilowitz, Brenda. The Prints of Joseph Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1915-1976. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2010, pp. 116-117, no. 171.6.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 2.6. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: WLS-VI 12-125; lower right in graphite: A '66; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 1155

Markings

embossed lower right: [Gemini G.E.L.]

Wikidata ID

Q74067591

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