WEG VIII from White Embossings on Gray

1971

Josef Albers

Associated Names
Josef Albers

Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

George Page

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image displays two sets of interlocking geometric shapes composed of straight white lines against a muted grey background. The shapes resemble open cubes or parallelograms intersecting in an intriguing manner. The design features intertwined rectangular structures. The shapes are arranged in two separate sections, one above the other, with thin lines dividing them horizontally, creating symmetry and balance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    line-cut in gray with embossing on Roleaf wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    plate: 58.58 × 39.53 cm (23 1/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 66.5 × 51 cm (26 3/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.47.18

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Danilowitz 2010, no. 204.8

  • Series Title

    White Embossings on Gray

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 327.

2010

  • Danilowitz, Brenda. The Prints of Joseph Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1915-1976. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2010, pp. 149-150, no. 204.8.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 2.33. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: WEG VIII 93/125; lower right in graphite: A '71; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JA71-390

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74067655

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