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Photo Credit: Tim Burleson

Artist

Josef Albers (Primary), Biltmore Press (Printer)

Title

Multiplex B

Date

1948

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Woodcut on paper

Edition

27/30

Dimensions

Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. , Image: 12 x 8 in.

Style

Geometric Abstraction

Object Type

Prints

Credit Line

Black Mountain College Collection, gift of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation

Accession Number

1997.01.01.65

Copyright

In Copyright
© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Albers, former Bauhaus student and master, taught at Black Mountain College from 1933 to 1949. There he created multiple series of prints that explored specific visual problems or themes. The Multiplex series demonstrates Albers’s interest in optical illusion. The construction appears to hover in undefined, unanchored space. Through a complex positioning of lines, Albers leads the viewer through an interactive visual experience, challenging assumptions of solid, unchanging three-dimensional form. With a change in focus, forms dematerialize and reconfigure. The precise white lines of varying widths stand in stark contrast to the delicately textured, lyrical background lines of the wood grain.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Mary Emma Harris

• geometric abstraction
• geometric shape