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Josef Albers

Preparatory drawing for Graphic Tectonics, 1941

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Medium

pen and india ink on graph paper with green lines

Dimensions

sheet: 41.2 × 36.1 cm (16 1/4 × 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1974.39.1

Artists / Makers

Josef Albers (artist) American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

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Inscription

"Albers 41" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand.

Marks and Labels

"A5080" lower left verso, unknown hand.

Provenance

(Angus Whyte Fine Arts Callery, Washington DC); Purchased by NGA 1974 through the Alisa Mellon Bruce Fund.

Associated Names

Whyte, Angus

Exhibition History

1981: Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure (as Composition).

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