Variant I
Artist
Josef Albers
(American, born in Germany, 1888–1976)
Date1966
Mediumscreenprint in colors on cream wove paper
Dimensions21.6 x 33.5 cm (image), 43 x 42.9 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsBlindstamp of publisher, lower right: Ives-Sillman
Credit LineHelen Sagoff Slosberg Fund
Object number1987.25
Label TextThe façades of Mexican adobe houses provided inspiration for Albers's Variants paintings and prints. Each gridlike composition is made up of roughly equal amounts of different colors. Therefore, the dominant hue is determined not by the quantity of paint but the way that colors are registered by the brain. The subtle asymmetry of each Variant composition heightens the interplay of colors.ProvenanceG.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York CityOn View
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