Self-Portrait

Josef Albers (American, born in Germany, 1888–1976)

1917

Medium/TechniqueTransfer lithograph on buff, smooth wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 49.7 x 35 cm (19 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGeorge Peabody Gardner Fund and Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis

Accession number2007.819

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InscriptionsIn graphite, l.r.: AlbersProvenanceCollection of Wilhelm Pötter, Essen [from 1908 professor at Kunstgewerbeschule, Essen, where Albers studied 1916-1919]; Stefan Lennert, London; his sale to Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago, 1999; to Dr. Victor Gould, Chicago; to his widow, Dr. Neva Gould, Chicago, 2006; re-purchased by Alice Adam; from whom purchased by MFA, December 12, 2007
Copyright© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.