Study for "Proto-Form (B, No. 2)
Date
(1938)
Artist
Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976
Provenance
The Artist, 1938-June/July 1968 (via Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 30 July 1968)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, June/July 1968-1974.
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1974
Exhibition History
NEWCOMB COLLEGE, Tulane University, New Orleans. "Josef Albers," June 1940.
CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, San Francisco. "Josef Albers," September 1947.
MEMPHIS ACADEMY OF ARTS. "Twenty-Five Paintings by Josef Albers," 15-28 January 1947, no. 1.
WADSWORTH ATHENAEUM, Hartford. "Josef and Anni Albers," 8 July-2 August 1953, no. 17 (with incorrect date).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Insitution, Washington DC. "Josef Albers," 27 September 1979-23 March 1980, no cat.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Josef Albers: A Retrospective," 25 March-29 May 1988, no. 154, ill. p. 202., TOUR: STAATLICHE KUNSTHALLE BADEN-BADEN, West Germany, 12 June-24 July 1988; BAUHAUS-ARCHIV, Berlin, West Germany, 10 August-4 October 1988; PORI ART MUSEUM, Finland, 19 October-3 December 1988.
FUNDACIÓN JUAN MARCH, Madrid. "Josef Albers: Minimal Means, Maximum Effect," 28 March-6 July 2014, no. 24, color ill. pg. 70.
Published References
DARLING, W.M. "WPA Community Service Leader Sees Directors," [Newspaper source unknown (possibly New Orleans)], (1 June 1940).
FINKELSTEIN, IRVING. The Life and Art of Josef Albers (New York University, Ph.D. 1967), p. 111, note 18.
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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
74.8
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on fiberboard in artist's frame
Dimensions
in artist's frame: 17 1/2 × 15 3/4 × 3/4 in. (44.5 × 40 × 1.9 cm)
