Josef Albers

White Line Square I

1966

Concentric yellow squares form a layered gradient with a thin white square at the center.
Concentric yellow squares form a layered gradient with a thin white square at the center.

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Date
1966

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 11/16 × 20 11/16 in. (52.5 × 52.5 cm) Image: 15 11/16 × 15 11/16 in. (39.9 × 39.9 cm)

Accession number
67.14.1

Edition
41/125

Publication
Printed by Kenneth E. Tyler; printed by Jim Webb; printed by Bernard Bletha; published by Gemini G.E.L.

Credit line
Gift of the artist

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

API
artworks/3458

Part of a series:
White Line Squares (Series I)
8 works

Concentric yellow squares form a layered gradient with a thin white square at the center.
Concentric gray squares with a thin white inner outline centered on a cream background.
Concentric green and blue squares with a thin white outline centered on a beige background.
Concentric squares in red and brown with a thin white outline on a cream background.
Concentric gray squares with a thin white inner outline centered on a light background.
Concentric orange squares with a thin white square outline centered on a light background.
Concentric pale squares in yellow, beige, and muted green creating a layered geometric pattern.
Concentric dark blue and black squares form a layered pattern with a thin light square in the center.

Josef Albers
123 works in the collection, 18 exhibitions

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