josef albers in glass

Josef Albers

with Herbert and Mutzi Bayer

Ascona, Switzerland

1929

Few people know that Josef Albers's first

great 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 assemblage

1921

Josef Albers

"Figure"

Glass assemblage

1921

Josef Albers

"Untitled"

Glass assemblage

1921

Josef Albers

"Gitterbild"

Glass assemblage

1921

Josef Albers

"Park"

Glass assemblage

1924

Josef Albers

"Factory"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1925

Josef Albers

"Tectonic Group"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1925

Josef Albers

"Goldrosa"

aka "Upward" and "Structure in Red"

Sandblasted glass with paint

ca. 1926

Josef Albers

"Upward"

Sandblasted glass with paint

ca. 1926

Josef Albers

"Latticework"

Sandblasted glass with paint

ca. 1926

Josef Albers

"Walls and Screens"

aka "Pillars II"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1928

Josef Albers

"Bowers"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1929

Josef Albers

"Interior a"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1929

Josef Albers

"Windows"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1929

Josef Albers

"In the Water"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1931

Bridget who???

Josef Albers

"Cables"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1931

Josef Albers

"Flying"

Sandblasted glass with paint

1931

All images from 

"Josef Albers: Glass, Color, Light"

From an exhibition organized by the

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

and the

Josef Albers Foundation, Orange, Connecticut

1994