Josef Albers – I-S VA 4 (from Six Variants suite), 1969 – Screen-print

Color Screen-print on Arches paper -Signed, Titled, Numbered and Dated

Josef Albers’s I-S VA 4 from the Six Variants suite is a color screen-print that exemplifies his mastery of color interaction and spatial perception. Printed on Arches paper, the artwork features layered rectangles in warm, radiant tones of orange, red, and yellow, creating a visual depth and resonance within a minimalistic structure. The composition plays with subtle variations in color intensity and hue, guiding the viewer’s eye inward toward a central focal point. Albers’s exploration of how colors interact and influence each other is a defining element, and this piece invites reflection on the optical illusions and harmony created through simple geometric shapes.

Josef Albers (Germany/USA, 1888–1976) was a groundbreaking artist, designer, and educator central to the Bauhaus movement and modern art. Known for his Homage to the Square series, he explored color theory and perception. Albers’ teachings and writings, like Interaction of Color, have profoundly influenced contemporary art and design education.

Josef Albers

I-S VA 4 (from Six Variants suite), 1969

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Screen-print

Screen-printScreen printing is a technique where ink is transferred through a mesh onto a substrate, with areas blocked by a stencil to prevent ink from passing through. This method, also known as serigraphy or silkscreen printing, is commonly used to produce prints on posters, T-shirts, vinyl, stickers, wood, and other materials. The process is a type of stencil printing, allowing for vibrant, detailed designs on various surfaces.

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Edition of 150

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Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.
- Josef Albers

Often cited as one of the founders of minimalist and conceptual art, Josef Albers is widely acclaimed for his theoretical teachings on art and his interplay between shape and colour. Among his most recognised works, Homage to the Square is a series which spanned across the 50’s and the 60’s, and features a range of rigid, geometric productions applied to canvas, all of which were offset by whichever colour palette he had chosen to adopt – the combination of the geometry and colour creates various optical effects, for which Albers has become renowned. Albers has stated ‘abstraction is real, probably more real than nature’ - his work is an attempt to portray this philosophy, and he challenges the viewer to analyse their own perspective with each piece; Structural Constellations is perhaps is most celebrated work of this kind, a subtle piece composed of simple lines that combine to create illusory forms. (Artist website)

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