WLS XVI from White Line Squares (Series II)

1966

Josef Albers

Associated Names
Josef Albers

Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Fred Genis

Printer, Australian, born the Netherlands, 1934

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image displays a series of concentric rectangular shapes in varying shades of brown and tan. The largest rectangle is a pale tan, with progressively smaller rectangles in deeper shades towards the center. A thin white outline separates two of the layers.
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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: 52.7 x 52.7 cm (20 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.47.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Danilowitz 2010, no. 172.8

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 17.

1973

  • Miller, Jo. Josef Albers: Prints 1915-1970. New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1973, no. 125.

2010

  • Danilowitz, Brenda. The Prints of Joseph Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1915-1976. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2010, pp. 118-119, no. 172.8.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 2.16. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: WLS-XVI 93-125; lower right in graphite: A '66; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 1166

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74067636

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