Description: THIS JOSEF ALBERS RARE VINTAGE 1998 LITHOGRAPH PRINT BAUHAUS MUSEUM CUSTOM FRAMED MODERNISM EXHIBITION POSTER IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PIECE TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. THE LITHOGRAPH PRINT POSTER IS PUBLISHED BY THE STIFTUNG BAUHAUS DESSAU MUSEUM, PRINTED IN GERMANY IN AN UNNUMBERED LIMITED EDITION ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION " WERKE AUF PAPIER " ( WORKS ON PAPER ), COPYRIGHT VG BILD KUNST BONN 1998. JOSEF ALBERS ( 1888 - 1976 ) WAS A GERMAN BORN ARTIST AND EDUCATOR WHOSE WORK, BOTH IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES FORMED THE BASIS OF MODERN ART EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ALBERS WAS A STUDENT AT THE BAUHAUS IN 1920, LATER BEING INVITED BY THE FOUNDER WALTER GROPIUS TO BECOME AN EDUCATOR AT THE SCHOOL. THERE HIS STUDENTS INCLUDED ESTABLISHED ARTISTS WASSILY KANDINSKY AND PAUL KLEE. IN THE 1930'S ALBERS EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES WHERE HE WOULD BECOME THE HEAD OF THE NEW ART SCHOOL BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE, AND LATER IN THE 1950'S HE BECAME THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN AT YALE UNIVERSITY. HIS STUDENTS IN AMERICA INCLUDED ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, CY TWOMBLY, RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ, AND EVA HESSE AMONG OTHERS. ACCOMPLISHED AS A DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, TYPOGRAPHER, PRINTMAKER, AND POET, ALBERS IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS WORK AS AN ABSTRACT PAINTER AND AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR AS AN ART THEORIST OF COLOR THEORY. HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL VISUAL ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. ARTWORKS BY ALBERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT LITHOGRAPH PRINT FRAMED MODERNISM EXHIBITION POSTER MEASURES 24 1/2" W 34 1/4" H X 1 1/2" D. IT IS CUSTOM FRAMED WITH UV PROTECTIVE PLEXIGLASS IN A CONTEMPORARY MODERN MATTE EGGSHELL FINISH MEDIUM CHARCOAL GRAY MUSEUM BOX STYLE WOOD FRAME MOLDING, WITH AN ATTACHED HANGING WIRE ON THE REVERSE BACK SIDE FOR EASY WALL INSTALLATION. IT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " CONDITION. THE POSTER PRINT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " VERY CLEAN CONDITION WITH VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING. IT IS BRAND NEWLY CUSTOM FRAMED AND HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.
Price: 3650 USD
Location: Leawood, Kansas
End Time: 2024-02-03T16:48:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 390 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Artist: Josef Albers
Framing: Framed
Style: Abstract, Bauhaus, Modernism, Mid-Century Modern, Minimalism
Material: Paper
Theme: Art
Type: Poster
Features: RARE OUT OF PRINT, BRAND NEWLY CUSTOM FRAMED, Framed
Subject: Famous Paintings/Painters
Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
Year of Production: 1998
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Date of Creation: 1990-1999
Width (Inches): 24 1/2"
Color: Yellow
Height (Inches): 34 1/4"
