Josef Albers: A Retrospective

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1988. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (ex-library with stamps and labels on dj, block and end papers. Book is otherwise very clean and clear.). Red cloth boards with silver lettering; blue dj with white lettering and color illustrated, mylar cover; 304 pp; profusely illustrated in color and bw. Catalog of an exhibition held at Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1988. This collection of texts reconsiders Albers in a larger art historical context and uncovers his vibrancy and independence from traditional modes of abstraction. The catalogue accompanied a posthumous exhibition of Albers work and boasts a wealth of literature as well as over 200 color and black-and-white images from throughout Albers's entire oeuvre. Accompanying these stunning images are essays by Neal Benezra, Mary Emma Harris, Charles E. Rickart, and Nicholas Fox Weber. The catalogue also includes a selected exhibition history, bibliography of works on and by the artist, and a chronology with photographs of the Albers at various stages of life [Publisher description]. Contents include: Preface and acknowledgments / Diane Waldman -- The artist as alchemist / Nicholas Fox Weber -- Josef Albers : art education at Black Mountain College / Mary Emma Harris -- A structural analysis of some of Albers's works / Charles E. Rickart -- New challenges beyond the studio : the murals and sculpture of Josef Alberts / Neal Benezra.