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A work made of lithograph in black on cream wove paper.
© 2018 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on cream wove paper.

Date:

1939

Artist:

Josef Albers
American, born Germany, 1888-1976

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Josef Albers

Title

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Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1939

Medium

Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 36.5 × 31 cm (14 3/8 × 12 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65 × 50.2 cm (25 5/8 × 19 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mary MacDonald Ludgin Memorial Fund

Reference Number

1967.266

Copyright

© 2018 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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