BR48.31: Sample of Wall Covering

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR48.31

People

Anni Albers, American (Berlin 1899 - 1994 Orange, Conn.)

Title

Sample of Wall Covering

Classification

Textile Arts

Work Type

textile

Date

c. 1928

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/225943

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Jute, twisted paper, and cellophane, basket weave

Technique

Woven

Dimensions

15.8 x 12 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Collection of the artist (c. 1928-1948), gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Anni Albers

Copyright

© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Accession Year

1948

Object Number

BR48.31

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Nicholas Fox Weber and Martin Filler, Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living, exh. cat., Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Merrell Publishers Ltd. (London and New York, 2004), cat. no. 81, p. 115, color illus.

Exhibition History

• Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, 10/01/2004 - 02/27/2005
• Anni Albers, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 06/09/2018 - 09/09/2018; Tate Modern, London, 10/11/2018 - 01/27/2019

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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