WEG VII from White Embossings on Gray

1971

Josef Albers

Artist, American, born Germany, 1888 - 1976

Ron McPherson

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    line-cut in gray with embossing on Roleaf wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    plate: 58.58 × 39.53 cm (23 1/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 66.5 × 51 cm (26 3/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.47.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Danilowitz 2010, no. 204.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benjamin B. Smith, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1985 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 326.

2010

  • Danilowitz, Brenda. The Prints of Joseph Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1915-1976. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2010, pp. 149-150, no. 204.7.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 2.32. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: WEG VII 96-125; lower right in graphite: A '71; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JA71-387

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74067651

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