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Self-Portrait
Josef Albers (American, born in Germany, 1888–1976)
1917
Medium/Technique
Transfer lithograph on buff, smooth wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 49.7 x 35 cm (19 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
George Peabody Gardner Fund and Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number2007.819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Danilowitz 031
DescriptionPrinted at the Handwerker- und Kunstgewerbeschule, Essen
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.r.: Albers
ProvenanceCollection of Wilhelm Pötter, Essen [from 1908 professor at Kunstgewerbeschule, Essen, where Albers studied 1916-1919]; Stefan Lennert, London; his sale to Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago, 1999; to Dr. Victor Gould, Chicago; to his widow, Dr. Neva Gould, Chicago, 2006; re-purchased by Alice Adam; from whom purchased by MFA, December 12, 2007
Copyright© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.