Josef Albers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: P-Yellow

1971

Josef Albers

Associated Names
Josef Albers

Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

Sirocco Screenprints

Printer

Ives-Sillman

Publisher, 1966 - 1992

The image shows a series of concentric, overlapping rectangular shapes. The central square is a bright yellow, while the surrounding shapes darken to a muted mustard hue. The shapes form an abstract geometric composition, creating the illusion of depth and perspective.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 72.39 × 53.34 cm (28 1/2 × 21 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.92.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Danilowitz 2010, no. 212.1

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2010

  • Danilowitz, Brenda. The Prints of Joseph Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1915-1976. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2010, p. 155, no. 212.1.

Wikidata ID

Q74038949

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