About this artwork
Anni Albers was one of the leading textile designers and weavers of the 20th century. She trained at the Bauhaus school of design in Germany, where she met her husband, Josef Albers. The Bauhaus closed permanently in 1933 under pressure from the Nazis, and the couple relocated to the United States. Throughout these years, Anni Albers continued to design and weave, and in the 1960s she developed a new interest in printmaking. Eclat, a seemingly random arrangement of small parallelograms arranged on the diagonal, was first conceived as a print and was subsequently produced by Knoll as a furnishing fabric.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artists
- Anni Albers , Knoll International, Inc. (Manufacturer)
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Title
- Eclat (Furnishing Fabric)
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Places
- United States (Object made in), North and Central America (Object made in)
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Dates
- Printed 1976 , Designed 1974
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Medium
- Cotton, linen and rayon; plain weave with paired warps; screenprinted
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Inscriptions
- "Eclat" designed by Anni Albers for Knoll, International c 1976
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Dimensions
- 282.3 × 143.8 cm (111 1/8 × 56 5/8 in.); Repeat: 12.7 × 45.8 cm (5 × 18 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of George Larson in honor of Christa C. Mayer Thurman
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Reference Number
- 2014.1171
Extended information about this artwork
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