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A masterful exploration of color interaction and perception, this screenprint exemplifies Josef Albers' lifelong investigation into the optical and psychological effects of color relationships. Executed on German Etching paper with full margins, the work showcases Albers' precise geometric sensibility through layers of flat, luminous color applied via the screenprint medium. The composition reflects his enduring fascination with how colors influence and transform one another when placed in close proximity, a central theme of his groundbreaking *Interaction of Color* studies.
- Medium
- Screenprint in colors, on German Etching paper, with full margins.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
April 23, 2019
Collectors with works by Josef Albers
Artists in conversation
Ellsworth Kelly
American · b. 1923
Kelly similarly employs flat, luminous fields of pure color within hard edged geometric compositions, sharing Albers' systematic approach to how colors interact and assert themselves against one another in abstract arrangements.
Richard Anuszkiewicz
American · b. 1930
A direct student of Albers at Yale, Anuszkiewicz pursued the same optical and psychological investigation of color interaction through precise geometric screenprints and paintings that make colors appear to vibrate and transform one another.
Max Bill
Swiss · b. 1908
Bill shared Albers' mid century Bauhaus influenced commitment to systematic geometric abstraction and the rigorous exploration of color relationships within minimalist compositional structures rendered with mathematical precision.
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