Josef Albers

Variant VII

1966

Layered blue and gray rectangles form a dark centered rectangle with two small vertical inner blocks.

Not on view

Date
1966

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 × 17 in. (43.2 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 1/16 × 14 in. (28.1 × 35.6 cm)

Accession number
67.64.7

Edition
84/200 | Ed. 300

Publication
Printed by Sirocco Screenprints, Inc.; published by Ives-Sillman, Inc.

Credit line
Gift of the artist

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

API
artworks/3453

Part of a series:
Ten Variants
10 works

Concentric orange and yellow rectangles with two darker vertical bars near the center.

Concentric green, teal, yellow, and white rectangles form a geometric abstract composition with two inner yellow blocks.

Layered muted gray and beige rectangles form a centered geometric composition with two darker vertical blocks.

A centered teal-bordered geometric design with layered gray and black rectangles and two dark vertical rectangles.

Concentric colored rectangles in teal, blue, purple, and red with two small blue inner rectangles.

Centered layered blue and green rectangles form a stepped U-shaped geometric pattern on white.

Concentric red and gray rectangles surround a white center with two small gray squares inside.

Concentric layered rectangles in orange, red, and black creating a centered geometric composition.

Concentric red and dark gray rectangles form a layered geometric abstract centered on a white background.

Exhibitions

Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018

Sept 28, 2018–Apr 14, 2019

Installation photography

Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Ian Cheng, Baby feat. Ikaria, 2013; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square V, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square IX, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XII, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square X, 1967; Josef Albers, Variant V, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VI, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant X, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IV, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant II, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VII, 1966; John F. Simon Jr., Color Panel v1.0, 1999; Casey Reas, {Software} Structure #003 A, 2004 and 2016; Casey Reas, {Software} Structure #003 B, 2004 and 2016; Donald Judd, Untitled, 1965; Sol LeWitt, Five Towers, 1986. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018
Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Josef Albers, Homage to the Square V, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square IX, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XII, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square X, 1967; Josef Albers, Variant V, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VI, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant X, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IV, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant II, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VII, 1966; John F. Simon Jr., Color Panel v1.0, 1999; Sol LeWitt, Five Towers, 1986; Casey Reas, {Software} Structure #003 A, 2004 and 2016; Donald Judd, Untitled, 1965. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018
Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right: Nam June Paik, Fin de Siècle II, 1989 (partially restored, 2018); Sol LeWitt, Five Towers, 1986; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square V, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square IX, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XII, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square X, 1967; Josef Albers, Variant V, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VI, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant X, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IV, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant II, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VII, 1966; John F. Simon Jr., Color Panel v1.0, 1999; Rafaël Rozendaal, Abstract Browsing 17 03 05 (Google), 2017. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018
Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Nam June Paik, Fin de Siècle II, 1989 (partially restored, 2018); Josef Albers, Homage to the Square V, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square IX, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XII, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square X, 1967; Josef Albers, Variant V, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VI, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant X, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IV, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant II, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VII, 1966; John F. Simon Jr., Color Panel v1.0, 1999; Rafaël Rozendaal, Abstract Browsing 17 03 05 (Google), 2017. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018
Installation view of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 28, 2018–April 14, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Josef Albers, Homage to the Square V, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square IX, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square XII, 1967; Josef Albers, Homage to the Square X, 1967; Josef Albers, Variant V, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VI, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant X, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant IV, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant II, 1966; Josef Albers, Variant VII, 1966; John F. Simon Jr., Color Panel v1.0, 1999. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018

Josef Albers
123 works in the collection, 17 exhibitions

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