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JOSEF ALBERS
American/German, (1888-1976)
Structural Constellation, ca. 1960-1963
machine-engraved plastic laminate mounted on wood
inscribed on the reverse "For Nad / Thanksgiving 1963 / Josef Albers"

machine-engraved plastic laminate mounted on wood
8 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches

  • Provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut.

    Other notes: Albers's Structural Constellations were produced using a mechanical process, similar to a pantograph, which enabled production of the same composition multiple times at varying scales. There is an ‘original', unique engraving of this composition, measuring 16-1/2 x 21-3/4 inches, made in 1955. Subsequently, that original composition of interlocking boxes was used as the basis of the ‘SV edition', produced by Edition MAT, Oeuvres d'Art Multipliées, Paris [Daniel Spoerri], in 1959-1961, in what was intended to be an edition of 100. It is uncertain as to how many engravings were actually produced and/or sold by Edition MAT. Meanwhile, using the same template, Albers also had engraved versions of the same composition with further, varying dimensions. A few of these engravings were subsequently mounted and given as gifts to friends and colleagues, such as the present example.

    Our thanks to Jeannette Redensek and Brenda Danilowitz of the Josef Albers catalogue raisonne, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, for their assistance cataloging this lot.



    Tags: listed artist, 20th century, modern / contemporary
  • Condition: in excellent original conditon; minor surface scratches
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