Josef Alberswith Herbert and Mutzi BayerAscona, Switzerland1929
Few people know that Josef Albers's firstgreat works of art were in glass.He started producing these works in 1921 and stopped when he left the Bauhaus in 1933 and moved to America.These are still, to me, quite startling works,especially considering when they were made.Josef Albers"Rhenish Legend"Glass assemblage1921Josef Albers"Figure"Glass assemblage1921Josef Albers"Untitled"Glass assemblage1921Josef Albers"Gitterbild"Glass assemblage1921Josef Albers"Park"Glass assemblage1924Josef Albers"Factory"Sandblasted glass with paint1925Josef Albers"Tectonic Group"Sandblasted glass with paint1925Josef Albers"Goldrosa"aka "Upward" and "Structure in Red"Sandblasted glass with paintca. 1926Josef Albers"Upward"Sandblasted glass with paintca. 1926Josef Albers"Latticework"Sandblasted glass with paintca. 1926Josef Albers"Walls and Screens"aka "Pillars II"Sandblasted glass with paint1928Josef Albers"Bowers"Sandblasted glass with paint1929Josef Albers"Interior a"Sandblasted glass with paint1929Josef Albers"Windows"Sandblasted glass with paint1929Josef Albers"In the Water"Sandblasted glass with paint1931Bridget who???Josef Albers"Cables"Sandblasted glass with paint1931Josef Albers"Flying"Sandblasted glass with paint1931
All images from "Josef Albers: Glass, Color, Light"From an exhibition organized by thePeggy Guggenheim Collection, Veniceand theJosef Albers Foundation, Orange, Connecticut1994