Harvard Art Museums > BR61.28: Structural Constellation F-20 Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Structural Constellation F-20 (Josef Albers) , BR61.28,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/222903. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR61.28 People Josef Albers, American (Bottrop, Germany 1888 - 1976 New Haven, Conn.) Title Structural Constellation F-20 Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1954 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/222903 Physical Descriptions Medium Machine-engraved laminated plastic, mounted on wood Dimensions 43.5 x 57.2 cm (17 1/8 x 22 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: on verso, u.r.: Albers 1954 inscription: verso, u.r., black felt tip, English, in artist's hand: Structural Constellation Provenance Recorded Ownership History Herbert and Ruth Agoos, Cambridge, MA, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1961. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Agoos Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1961 Object Number BR61.28 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description "laminated plastic" decided upon in preference to "formica" or "Vinylite" or "Resopal," as these are terms not restricted to a certain brand media & support description confirmed by N. Lloyd, Straus Center Objects Lab, 4/2001 (based also on correspondence with Brenda Danilowitz, Albers Foundation, 4/2001, and article "Albers paints a picture" by Elaine de Kooning, in Art News, Nov. 1950, see object file) Publication History Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 72 Exhibition History Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981 19th- and 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/08/1982 Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
