From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Composition: White on White

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

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
Accession Year: 1965
Object Number: M14394
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Exhibition History

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

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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