MMA Pillars (1928) Artist: Josef Albers (American, born Germany, 1888–1976, M.A. (Hon.) 1950, D.F.A. (Hon.) 1962)
Printer: Sirocco Screenprints, Inc. (North Haven, Conn., founded 1967)
Publisher: Ives-Sillman, Inc. (New Haven, Conn., founded 1966)

1970

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Screenprint

Dimensions

image: 11 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (29.2 × 26 cm)
sheet: 19 1/4 × 17 5/8 in. (48.9 × 44.8 cm)

Credit Line

A. Conger Goodyear, B.A. 1899, Fund

Accession Number

2005.95.1

Geography

Made in Germany, or United States

Culture

American, German

Period

20th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

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Object copyright
© 2012 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

screen prints

Edition

Edition 26 of 100. Signed edition of 100 on Arches. 15 a/p's. Another 400 unsigned screenprints on Mohawk Superfine Bristol.

Marks

LR: Ives-Sillman chop mark

Inscriptions

Printed across bottom: The aim of life is living creatures The aim of art is living creations J.A. Josef Albers, Pillars, 1928 In Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of The Metropolitan Museum of Art [quotation drawn from Albers's Search versus Re-Search (1969)

Signed

Signed and dated: Albers '70, above printed inscription

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