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Homage to the Square
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And my objective? Perception of the logic and magic of color . . . there is no end with color.—Josef Albers1(p463)
In 1933, the internationally acclaimed Bauhaus closed under threat from the Nazis. Josef Albers (1888-1976), then assistant director, had come there as a student in 1920, rising to the rank of Bauhaus master. The Bauhaus was considered "a germ cell of bolshevism"2(p30) and a source of cultural degeneration by the Nazis. Moreover, even though his wife Anni's family had converted to Christianity3 in the 1880s, their background was Jewish.
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Josef Albers (1888-1976), American. Homage to the Square, 1962. Portfolio of 10 screenprints, composition (.3): 111/16 x 11 in (28.1 x 27.9 cm); sheet: 1615/16 x 16 in (43 x 42.9 cm). Publisher: Ives-Sillman, New Haven, Conn. Printer: R.H. Norton Co, New Haven, Conn. Edition: 244 unsigned; 10-15 signed on title page. 250. Transferred from the Library Collection to the Museum Collection. . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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James C. Harris, MD
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