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WEG IV
Artist
Josef Albers
(American, b. Germany, 1888 - 1976)
Printer
Gemini G.E.L.
Portfolio/SeriesWhite Embossings on Gray (WEG)
Date1971
MediumEmbossed line cut
DimensionsSheet: 22 15/16 x 15 5/8 in. (58.3 x 39.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jesse and Violet MacKnight
Object number91.29
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameColor Lithograph
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom right: initials in pencil
Inscribedbottom left: WEG IV, 62/125
Edition62/125
Exhibition HistoryYou Have to See This: Abstract Art from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, September 1 – December 6, 2015; Works on Paper Post-1945, Palmer Museum of Art, April 6 – August 15, 2004; Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition II: Modern and Contemporary Prints, Palmer Museum of Art, January 13 – June 14, 1998.ProvenanceFendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, unknown method and date of acquisition.
Jesse and Violet MacKnight purchased from Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, 1972 (invoice # 0418).