Anni Albers - Phillips x Artsy Summer School New York Thursday, June 27, 2019 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, New York

  • Literature

    (i) Brenda Danilowitz, ed., The Prints of Anni Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, Bethany, 2009, no. 43., p. 106 (another example illustrated, p. 107)
    (ii) Brenda Danilowitz, ed., The Prints of Anni Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, Bethany, 2009, no. 44., p. 108 (another example illustrated, p. 109)
    (iii) Brenda Danilowitz, ed., The Prints of Anni Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, Bethany, 2009, no. 45., p. 110 (another example illustrated, p. 111)
    (iv) Brenda Danilowitz, ed., The Prints of Anni Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné, Bethany, 2009, no. 46., p. 112 (another example illustrated, p. 113)

  • Artist Biography

    Anni Albers

    German-American • 1899 - 1994

    Anni Albers was a German-American artist. Born Anni Fleischmann in Berlin, her interest in art was encouraged from a young age, and she enrolled in the famous Bauhaus in 1922. While there, she began to pursue weaving and textile-based works, blurring the line between fine art and craft. Though this medium would come to define Albers’ practice, at the time it was the only course at the Bauhaus that allowed women to enroll. In her second year, she managed to get herself into a stained glass workshop where she met her husband, fellow artist and educator Josef Albers. The pair emigrated to the United States in 1933 due to rising tensions in Europe. Though they encouraged each others’ work, Josef and Anni never collaborated on projects together. 

    Later in life, Albers became a prolific printmaker. As in her textile work, her prints are characterized by bold geometric patterns and an inventive use of color. Living in the United States afforded her the opportunity to travel extensively in Mexico and South America, where she became interested in and inspired by Pre-Columbian art. Albers passed away in 1994 in her adopted home of New Haven, CT.

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Four works: (i) Triangulated Intaglio II; (ii) Triangulated Intaglio III; (iii) Triangulated Intaglio IV; (iv) Triangulated Intaglio V

(i) signed, numbered and dated "14/20 - II Anni Albers 1976" lower margin; further blindstamped with the publisher's mark lower right
(ii) signed, numbered and dated "14/20 - III Anni Albers 1976" lower margin; further blindstamped with the publisher's mark lower right
(iii) signed, numbered and dated "A.P. 7/9 - IV Anni Albers 1976" lower margin; further blindstamped with the publisher's mark lower right
(iv) signed, numbered and dated "15/20 - V Anni Albers 1976" lower margin; further blindstamped with the publisher's mark lower right

(i, ii) etching and aquatint on white Arches Cover paper
(iii, iv) etching on white Arches Cover paper

(i) image 12 x 10 7/8 in. (30.5 x 27.6 cm.); sheet 23 7/8 x 20 in. (60.6 x 50.8 cm.)
(ii) image 13 7/8 x 12 in. (35.2 x 30.5 cm.); sheet 24 x 20 1/8 in. (61 x 51.1 cm.)
(iii) image 12 x 10 7/8 in. (30.5 x 27.6 cm.); sheet 23 7/8 x 20 in. (60.6 x 50.8 cm.)
(iv) image 12 x 10 7/8 in. (30.5 x 27.6 cm.); sheet 24 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (61.3 x 51.1 cm.)

(i, ii) Executed in 1976, this work is number 14 from an edition of 20 plus 9 artist's proofs and 1 printer's proof, published by Tyler Graphics, New York.
(iii) Executed in 1976, this work is artist's proof number 7 from an edition of 20 plus 9 artist's proofs and 1 printer's proof, published by Tyler Graphics, New York.
(iv) Executed in 1976, this work is number 15 from an edition of 20 plus 9 artist's proofs and 1 printer's proof, published by Tyler Graphics, New York.

Estimate
$6,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $11,875

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Phillips x Artsy Summer School

Online Auction 27 June - 10 July 2019