WLS IV from White Line Squares (Series I)

1966

Josef Albers

Associated Names
Josef Albers

Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

Bernard Bleha

Printer, American, 1939 - 2018

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows concentric squares of various sizes in shades of red and brown. The inner square is red while the outer squares transition to brown hues. The squares create lines extending from the center.
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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

    1985.47.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Danilowitz 2010, no. 171.4

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 5.

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, p. 116, no. 171.4.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 2.4. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: WLS-IV 21-125; lower right in graphite: A '66

Wikidata ID

Q74067585

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