Study for Skyscrapers A Artist: Josef Albers (American, born Germany, 1888–1976, M.A. (Hon.) 1950, D.F.A. (Hon.) 1962)

1927

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Graphite on graph paper

Dimensions

sheet: 16 3/8 × 15 3/8 in. (41.6 × 39 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of James H. Clark, Jr., B.A. 1958

Accession Number

2016.64.2

Geography

Made in Germany, or United States

Culture

American, German

Period

20th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Purchase, Josef Albers Foundation, December 1997
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 45
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 300, pl. 287
Object copyright
© 2012 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

abstract (general art genre), studies (visual works)

Subject

skyscrapers

Inscriptions

Top upper left:\r\n\r\nBm 27/5 Glas 34.8 cm\r\nRand für Falz rundum 6 mm also Bild 33.6\r\n\r\nTop upper right:\r\n\r\nDicke Balken je 4 mm stark, resten von 6 mm\r\nDünne Balken " 2 mm " " " 1-3, 3-5, 7-8 mm\r\n\r\n\r\nBottom lower left:\r\n\r\nSenkrechte Pfeile zeigen Grenze der Balken an\r\nZiffer 4 z.B. zeigt an, die Grenze liegte auf Millimeterlinie 4\r\n\r\nBottom lower right:\r\n\r\nVorsicht auf Linie 4, damit dicke u. dünne Balken getrennt bleiben, mit 1 mm senkrechtem Abstand\r\n

Signed

LR corner in graphite: A

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