Gray Instrumentation II i
1975
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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
1977.73.2.9
Art Historical Context
Josef Albers' *Gray Instrumentation II i* (1975) is a captivating color screenprint on Arches 88 wove, showcasing the artist's lifelong fascination with color perception. Measuring 11 × 11 inches in its image area on a 19 × 19-inch sheet, this work belongs to a portfolio generously gifted to the National Gallery of Art Dr. and Mrs.lyn E. Wade. in Albers' final year—he passed away in 1976—it exemplifies his precise, geometric approach honed during his Bauhaus years and teaching at Black Mountain College and Yale. Albers, a pioneer of color theory, explored how hues interact and deceive the eye...
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...