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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
W + P
the complete set of four woodcuts printed in grey, 1968, on wove paper, not signed or numbered (as issued), from the edition of 35, very rare as a complete series
Blocks 352 x 273 mm.
Sheets 457 x 380 mm. (and similar)
Provenance
With Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York (their labels on the reverse of each frame).
Literature
Danilowitz 183a-d
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Lot Essay

Each plate in this series is printed from the same block. According to Jo Miller, author of the first catalogue raisonné of the artist's prints, Albers covered the grainy wood block with paper cut-outs in the printing to create the unprinted shapes in the final three prints. The title W + P refers to the materials used: wood and paper.

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