A black and white photograph of paintings made of stacked sheets of glass.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph shows a grid of ten square across and eleven down. Each square in the grid has another grid within it. Some of the squares have mottled surfaces, others show another smaller grid, some are nearly blacked out. The darker squares are fewer in number and are spaced out across the surface.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR49.37.A
People
Josef Albers, American (Bottrop, Germany 1888 - 1976 New Haven, Conn.)
Title
Photographs of three glass paintings
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, documentary
Date
20th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225729

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
12.5 × 11.6 cm (4 15/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Josef Albers
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
BR49.37.A
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/11/2019 - 06/03/2021

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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