Gray Instrumentation II b
1975
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View on museum website →Medium
color screenprint on Arches 88 wove paper
Dimensions
image: 27.94 × 27.94 cm (11 × 11 in.) sheet: 48.26 × 48.26 cm (19 × 19 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Maclyn E. Wade
Accession Number
1977.73.2.2
About the Artist
Josef Albers
Josef Albers, born on March 19, 1888, in Bottrop, Westphalia, into a Roman Catholic family of craftsmen, received early practical training from his father, Lorenzo Albers, a housepainter and carpenter, mastering skills in engraving glass, plumbing, wiring, and printmaking. After working as a schoolteacher in Bottrop from 1908 to 1913, he trained as an art teacher at the Königliche Kunstschule in B...