Josef Albers

Reverse + Obverse

1962

Two identical interlocking impossible ribbon shapes drawn in thin black lines on a light background.
Two identical interlocking impossible ribbon shapes drawn in thin black lines on a light background.

Josef Albers, Reverse + Obverse, 1962. Ink on paper, sheet: 23 × 14 9/16 in. (58.4 × 37 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Ford Foundation Purchase Program 63.13. ©The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1962

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 × 14 9/16 in. (58.4 × 37 cm)

Accession number
63.13

Credit line
Gift of the Ford Foundation Purchase Program

Rights and reproductions
©The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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