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Identification and Creation
Object Number
M14394
People
Josef Albers, American (Bottrop, Germany 1888 - 1976 New Haven, Conn.)
Title
Composition: White on White
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Solo
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1958
Culture
German
Location
Level 3, Room 3610, University Teaching Gallery
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Physical Descriptions
Technique
Inkless engraving
Dimensions
plate: 7.8 x 10.4 cm (3 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: A 58
  • inscription: yes, lower margin, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: dedication: for Dorothy Adlow with thanks A 58
Provenance
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, transfer; to Fogg Art Museum, December 16, 1965.
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Copyright
© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
M14394
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001

Critical Printing, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/05/2020

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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