Object Details
Artist
Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976
Provenance
The artist, Dessau, Germany, c. 1926- New Haven, Connecticut, 1968 (via Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 30 July 1968)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 30 July 1968-1974
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
Exhibition History
MARLBOROUGH FINE ART, London. "Painters of the Bauhaus," March-April 1962, no. 3 [as Latticework (Gitterbild), c. 1926].
[Possibly in BAUHAUS, Berlin. "Josef Albers: Glasbilder," 1-12 May 1932 (no checklist)].
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 27 September 1979-23 March 1980, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Dreams and Nightmares: Utopian Visions in Modern Art," 8 December 1983-12 February 1984, no. 55, p. 89.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Josef Albers: A Retrospective," 25 March-29 May 1988, no. 58, p.117.
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION, Venice. "Josef Albers: Glass, Color, and Light," 30 March-10 July 1994, no. 19, color ill. Tour: PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI, Rome, 21 July-3 October; IVAM CENTRE JULIO GONZALES, Valencia, 3 November-8 January 1995; SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York, 7 June-17 September; SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Northampton, Massachusetts, Fall 1995.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration," 13 February-11 April 2010, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860-1960," 22 March 2024-3 January 2027, no cat.
Published References
ROYSTER, JACQUELINE JONES, et al. Writer's Choice, Composition, and Grammar (New York: Glencoe/ Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill, 1994), p. 79.
GARIMORTH, JULIA, ed., et al. Anni et Josef Albers: L’Art et la Vie (Paris: Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, 2021), no. 6, color ill. p. 51.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 131, p. 146.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
Date
1923-1925
Accession Number
74.5
Type
Sculpture/relief
Medium
Sandblasted opaque flashed glass and paint
Dimensions
11 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (28.6 × 30.2 cm) framed: 11 5/8 × 12 1/8 in. (29.5 × 30.8 cm)
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On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_74.5