WLS VIII from White Line Squares (Series I) [artist's proof]

1966

Josef Albers

Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

Bernard Bleha

Printer, American, 1939 - 2018

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in gray and black on Arches Cover wove paper [artist's proof]

  • 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

    1985.47.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Danilowitz 2010, no. 171.8 [artist's proof]

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 9.

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. 171.8.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 2.8. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: WLS-VIII Artist's proof IX; lower right in graphite: A '66; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 1154

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in black ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74067595

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