Print artists:
Josef Albers

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1. Variant IV. 1967. Silkscreen. 17 x 17 in. The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.

Josef Albers was a German born painter, printmaker, designer, theorist and educator. While Albers is best remembered for his color field studies that are usually composed of concentric squares.

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2. White Line Square XV. 1966. Three color aluminum plate lithography. 20 ¾ x 20 ¾ in.

Albers made hundreds of paintings and prints as part of his Homage to the Square series. Beyond his square series, Albers had an extensive career as a professor teaching everything from handicrafts and architecture at the Bauhaus. After relocating the United States, Albers taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where he produced a number of woodcut prints.

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3. Ex Libris Franz Perdekamp. 1915. Linoleum Cut. 7 ¼ x 5 1/8 in.

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4. Self-Portrait. Transfer lithograph. 1917. 21 x 16 in.

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5. Umschlungen (Encircled). 1933. Woodcut. 13 ¾ x 20 in.

Albers went on to head the graphic design department at Yale University in Connecticut. Over the course of Albers career he produced a wide variety of prints, experimenting not only with woodcut but also lithography, linocut, drypoint (intaglio) and silkscreen.