Colors in Play

Mar 5 May 14, 2022

Gallery Ludorff Königsallee 22 Dusseldorf

Josef Albers. Colors in Play

If someone says „Red” (the name of a color) and there are 50 people listening, it can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be different.

Josef Albers

From 5 March, we will be showing a top-class selection of works by the German-American artist Josef Albers. The solo exhibition focuses on the print oeuvre and shows almost 60 works - created between 1961 and 1973.

In 1950, the year of his appointment as chairman of the Design Department at Yale University, Albers, at the age of 62, embarked on the series of works that would become his signature: »Homage to the Square«. Albers continued the strategy established in »Variants«. The structure of the works in »Homage to the Square«, however, is even more rigorous and conceptual: three or four squares are layered on top of each other, their center shifted slightly downwards, with each painted in a different flat color.

When I paint I think and see first and most — Color but color as motion

Josef Albers

Under the following link you can already get a preview of our new exhibition catalogue:

About Josef Albers

As a teacher at Bauhaus and Black Mountain Collage, Josef Albers is regarded as an important pioneer of Op Art and color field painting. His oeuvre imperceptibly influences the abstract and concrete art.

Artworks in this exhibition
  • Josef Albers, Allegro
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    Allegro
    1961

    Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol Paper
    Image: 22,8 × 22,8 cm | 9 × 9 in
    Sheet: 43 × 43 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Josef Albers, Concord
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    Concord
    1965

    Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol Paper
    Image: 27.9 × 27.9 cm | 11 × 11 in
    Sheet: 30.8 × 30.8 cm | 12 × 12 in

  • Josef Albers, DR-a
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    DR-a
    1968

    Screenprint on heavy board paper
    Image: 59.7 × 59.7 cm | 23 1/2 × 23 1/2 in
    Sheet: 67.9 × 67.9 cm | 26 3/4 × 26 3/4 in

  • Josef Albers, DR-b
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    DR-b
    1968

    Screenprint on heavy board paper
    Image: 59,7 × 59,7 cm | 23 1/2 × 23 1/2 in
    Sheet: 67,9 × 67,9 cm | 26 3/4 × 26 3/4 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ia
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ia
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ib
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ib
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ic
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ic
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Id
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Id
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ie
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ie
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller If
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller If
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ig
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ig
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ih
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ih
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ii
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ii
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ik
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    Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ik
    1970

    Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard
    Image: 35 × 35 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 55 × 55 cm | 21 2/3 × 21 2/3 in

  • Josef Albers, Hommage au Carré
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    Hommage au Carré
    1965

    Screenprint on J. Perrugot Arches Special MBM paper
    Image: 27.9 × 27.9 cm | 11 × 11 in
    Sheet: 48.3 × 38.1 cm | 19 × 15 in

  • Josef Albers, Hommage au Carré
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    Hommage au Carré
    1965

    Screenprint on J. Perrugot Arches Special MBM paper
    Image: 27,9 × 27,9 cm | 11 × 11 in
    Sheet: 48,3 × 38,1 cm | 19 × 15 in

  • Josef Albers, Hommage au Carré
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    Hommage au Carré
    1965

    Screenprint on J. Perrugot Arches Special MBM paper
    Image: 27.9 × 27.9 cm | 11 × 11 in
    Sheet: 42 × 38,1 cm | 16 1/2 × 15 in

  • Josef Albers, Hommage au Carré
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    Hommage au Carré
    1965

    Screenprint on J. Perrugot Arches Special MBM paper
    Image: 27.9 × 27.9 cm | 11 × 11 in
    Sheet: 48,3 × 38,1 cm | 19 × 15 in

  • Screenprint on German Etching Paper
    Image: 34.9 × 34.9cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 54.6 × 54.6cm | 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 in

  • Josef Albers, I-S f
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    I-S f
    1970

    Screenprint on German Etching Paper
    Image: 34.9 × 34.9 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 54,6 × 54,6 cm | 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 in

  • Screenprint on German Etching Paper
    Image: 34.9 × 34.9 cm | 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in
    Sheet: 50.5 × 50.5 cm | 20 × 20 in

  • Screenprint on heavy etching paper
    Image: 63,5 × 63,5 cm | 25 × 25 in
    Sheet: 76,2 × 101,6 cm | 30 × 40 in

  • Screenprint on heavy etching paper
    Image: 63.5 × 63.5 cm | 25 × 25 in
    Sheet: 76.2 × 101.6 cm | 30 × 40 in

  • Screenprint on German Etching Paper
    Image: 30,5 × 30,5 cm | 12 × 12 in
    Sheet: 53 × 53 cm | 20 3/4 × 20 3/4 in

  • Josef Albers, I-S LXXI a
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    I-S LXXI a
    1971

    Screenprint on American Etching Paper
    Image: 38.1 × 38.1 cm | 15 × 15 in
    Sheet: 58.4 × 58.4 cm | 23 × 23 in

  • Josef Albers, I-S LXXI b
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    I-S LXXI b
    1971

    Screenprint on American Etching Paper
    Image: 38.1 × 38.1 cm | 15 × 15 in
    Sheet: 57 × 58 cm | 22 1/2 × 22 3/4 in

  • Josef Albers, I-S LXXIIIb
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    I-S LXXIIIb
    1973

    Screenprint on German Etching Paper
    Image: 44,5 × 44,5 cm | 17 1/2 × 17 1/2 in
    Sheet: 70,5 × 70,5 cm | 27 3/4 × 27 3/4 in

  • Josef Albers, MMA-2
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    MMA-2
    1970

    Screenprint on Arches-paper
    Image: 38 × 38 cm | 15 × 15 in
    Sheet: 61,9 × 61,9 cm | 24 3/8 × 24 3/8 in

  • Josef Albers, O-G
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    O-G
    1967

    Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol Paper
    Image: 27.9 × 27.9 cm | 11 × 11 in
    Sheet: 43.2 × 43.2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Josef Albers, Palatial
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    Palatial
    1965

    Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 27.9 × 27.9 cm | 11 × 11 in
    Sheet: 43.2 × 43.2 | 17 × 17 in

  • Josef Albers, Slate and Sky
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    Slate and Sky
    1964

    Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol Paper
    Image: 17,8 × 17,8 cm | 7 × 7 in
    Sheet: 27 × 21 cm | 10 2/3 × 8 1/4 in

  • Screenprint on Schoellershammer board
    Image: 49,5 × 49,5 cm | 19 1/2 × 19 1/3 in
    Sheet: 61 × 61,3 cm | 24 × 24 1/4 in

  • Screenprint on Schoellershammer board
    Image: 49,5 × 49,5 cm | 19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in
    Sheet: 61,6 × 61,6 cm | 24 1/4 × 24 1/4 in

  • Screenprint on Schoellershammer board
    Image: 49,5 × 49,5 cm | 19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in
    Sheet: 61,6 × 61,6 cm | 24 1/4 × 24 1/4 in

  • Screenprint on Schoellershammer board
    Image: 49,5 × 49,5 cm | 19 1/2 × 19 1/3 in
    Sheet: 61 × 61,3 cm | 24 × 24 1/4 in

  • Screenprint on Schoellershammer board
    Image: 49,5 × 49,5 cm | 19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in
    Sheet: 61,6 × 61,6 cm | 24 1/4 × 24 1/4 in

  • Josef Albers, SP XI
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    SP XI
    1967

    Screenprint on Schoellershammer board
    Image: 49,5 × 49,5 cm | 19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in
    Sheet: 61,6 × 61,6 cm | 24 1/4 × 24 1/4 in

  • Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol Paper
    Image: 32,1 × 32,1 cm | 12 5/8 × 12 5/8 in
    Sheet: 63,9 cm × 52,7 cm | 25 1/4 × 20 3/4 in

  • Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 21,6 × 33,3 cm | 8 1/2 × 13 1/8 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 27,9 × 28,9 cm | 11 × 11 3/8 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 25,4 × 36,5 cm | 10 × 14 3/8 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 27,9 × 29,8 cm | 11 × 11 3/4 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Josef Albers, Variant IX
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    Variant IX
    1967

    Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 22,2 × 33,5 cm | 8 3/4 × 13 3/16 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 25,4 × 35,6 cm | 10 × 14 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 27,9 × 30,2 cm | 11 × 11 7/8 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 25,4 × 35,6 cm | 10 × 14 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Josef Albers, Variant VIII
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    Variant VIII
    1967

    Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 27,9 × 30,2 cm | 11 × 11 7/8 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

  • Screenprint on BFK Rives Paper
    Image: 25,7 × 35,9 cm | 10 1/8 × 14 1/18 in
    Sheet: 43,2 × 43,2 cm | 17 × 17 in

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