Lattice Picture
Date
1923-1925
Artist
Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976
Provenance
The artist, Dessau, Germany, c. 1926- New Haven, Connecticut, 1968 (via Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 30 July 1968)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 30 July 1968-1974
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
Exhibition History
MARLBOROUGH FINE ART, London. "Painters of the Bauhaus," March-April 1962, no. 3 [as Latticework (Gitterbild), c. 1926].
[Possibly in BAUHAUS, Berlin. "Josef Albers: Glasbilder," 1-12 May 1932 (no checklist)].
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 27 September 1979-23 March 1980, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Dreams and Nightmares: Utopian Visions in Modern Art," 8 December 1983-12 February 1984, no. 55, p. 89.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Josef Albers: A Retrospective," 25 March-29 May 1988, no. 58, p.117.
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION, Venice. "Josef Albers: Glass, Color, and Light," 30 March-10 July 1994, no. 19, color ill. Tour: PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI, Rome, 21 July-3 October; IVAM CENTRE JULIO GONZALES, Valencia, 3 November-8 January 1995; SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York, 7 June-17 September; SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Northampton, Massachusetts, Fall 1995.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration," 13 February-11 April 2010, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860-1960," 22 March 2024-3 January 2027, no cat.
Published References
ROYSTER, JACQUELINE JONES, et al. Writer's Choice, Composition, and Grammar (New York: Glencoe/ Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill, 1994), p. 79.
GARIMORTH, JULIA, ed., et al. Anni et Josef Albers: L’Art et la Vie (Paris: Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, 2021), no. 6, color ill. p. 51.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 131, p. 146.
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School
Geometric Abstraction
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
74.5
Type
Sculpture/relief
Medium
Sandblasted opaque flashed glass and paint
Dimensions
11 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (28.6 × 30.2 cm) framed: 11 5/8 × 12 1/8 in. (29.5 × 30.8 cm)
