Elephant
Elephant

© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Elephant
Elephant

Currently not on view

Elephant,

1933

Josef Albers, 1888–1976; born Bottrop, Germany; died New Haven, CT; active Weimar, Germany, and New Haven
x1977-66

Information

Title
Elephant
Dates

1933

Maker
Josef Albers
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 25 × 32 cm (9 13/16 × 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.1 x 50.5 cm. (13 13/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albers and the Josef Albers Foundation
Object Number
x1977-66
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Dessau, Bauhaus Dessau

Inscription
Titled, editioned, signed, and dated in graphite, below lower left curve of design: Elefant 5//25 Albers 33
Reference Numbers
Danilowitz 73
Culture
German, American
Type
woodcuts, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
abstraction, elephants

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