POST-WAR PRINTS
[LOTS 500-857]
2 MAY 2007
MORNING SESSION AT 10.00AM
[LOTS 500-688]
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
I-S LXXIIa; and I-S LXXIIb (Danilowitz 215-6)
Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
I-S LXXIIa; and I-S LXXIIb (Danilowitz 215-6)
the pair of two screenprints in colors, 1972, on German Etching, both signed, titled and dated in pencil, both numbered 13/100 (there were also 25 artist's proofs for both), both with the Ives-Sillman, Inc. blindstamp, New Haven, Connecticut, both with full margins, the palest time staining and very minor frame abrasion in places at the extreme margin edges, otherwise both apparently in very good condition, one examined out of the frame
both Scr. 17½ x 17½ in. (444 x 444 mm.)
both S. 28 x 28 in. (711 x 711 mm.) (2)
Lot Essay
This pair of prints was published to commemorate Josef Albers 84th birthday.