THIS JOSEF ALBERS RARE VINTAGE 1975 FIRST EDITION LITHOGRAPH PRINT MID CENTURY MODERNIST HARDCOVER ART BOOK IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY COLLECTION.
THE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH GRAY LINEN COVERED BOARDS, EMBOSSED COVER AND SPINE TITLES, AND DUST JACKET IS PUBLISHED BY HARRY N. ABRAMS INC. PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, PRINTED AND BOUND IN JAPAN IN 1975. IT FEATURES A MONOGRAPH SURVEY OF THE ARTWORKS OF JOSEF ALBERS, WITH ACCOMPANIED COMPELLING TEXT BY AUTHOR WERNER SPIES.
THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE JOSEF ALBERS AND MID CENTURY MODERNISM FANS AND COLLECTORS BOTH AS THIS COVETED EXQUISITE INTIMATE SCALE BOOK IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND VERY SCARCE TO FIND.
JOSEF ALBERS ( 1888 - 1976 ) WAS A GERMAN BORN ARTIST AND EDUCATOR WHOSE WORK, BOTH IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES FORMED THE BASIS OF MODERN ART EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ALBERS WAS A STUDENT AT THE BAUHAUS IN 1920, LATER BEING INVITED BY THE FOUNDER WALETR GROPIUS TO BECOME AN EDUCATOR AT THE SCHOOL. THERE HIS STUDENTS INCLUDED ESTABLISHED ARTISTS WASSILY KANDINSKY AND PAUL KLEE.
IN THE 1930'S ALBERS EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES WHERE HE WOULD BECOME THE HEAD OF THE NEW ART SCHOOL BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE, AND LATER IN THE 1950'S HE BECAME THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN AT YALE UNIVERSITY. HIS STUDENTS IN AMERICA INCLUDED ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, CY TWOMBLY, RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ, AND EVA HESSE AMONG OTHERS.
ACCOMPLISHED AS DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, TYPOGRAPHER, PRINTMAKER, AND POET, ALBERS IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS WORK AS AN ABSTRACT PAINTER AND AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR AS AN ART THEORIST OF COLOR THEORY. HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL VISUAL ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. ARTWORKS BY ALBERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS.
THE RARE OUT OF PRINT 1ST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION MODERNIST ART BOOK MEASURES 8 7/8" W X 8" H X 3/8" D, WITH 80 PAGES. IT FEATURES 68 OFFSET LITHOGRAPH PRINT ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING 13 IN FULL COLOR, LIST OF PLATES, BIOGRAPHY, PRINCIPAL ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS LIST, AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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