About this artwork
In 1919 textile designer Anni Albers began her career in the renowned weaving workshop at the Bauhaus art school, where students were taught techniques geared toward industrial design and mass production. Alber’s work reflects her interest in modernist abstraction inspired by theories of mathematical repetition. For this fabric, she created a triple weave that layers black threads over cream and red, producing a vibrating grid of lines, blocks, and striped units, with no identical rows.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 289
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Department
- Textiles
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Artists
- Anni Albers (Designer) , Bauhaus Workshop (Producer) , Gunta Stölzl (Weaver)
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Title
- Black-White-Red
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Places
- Dessau (Object designed in:), Germany (Object designed in:), Europe (Object made in:), Zürich (Object made in:), Switzerland (Object made in:)
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Dates
- Designed 1926-1927 , Made 1965
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Medium
- Silk and cotton, plain weave double cloth of paired warps and wefts
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Dimensions
- 179.4 × 122.2 cm (70 5/8 × 48 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Julian Armstrong, Jr.
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Reference Number
- 1970.343
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Copyright
- © 2018 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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