Transformation of a Scheme No. 9

Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (verso): Transformation of a Scheme No 9 / Albers 1950

the artist, New Haven and Orange, Conn. (1950–72; his gift to MMA)

New Haven. Yale University Art Gallery. "Josef Albers: Paintings, Prints, Projects," April 25–June 18, 1956, no cat. no. (p. 47; listed among "Transformations of a Scheme," 1948–1953, lent by the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Josef Albers at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: An Exhibition of His Paintings and Prints," November 19, 1971–January 11, 1972, not in catalogue (lent by the artist).

Staten Island Museum. "20th Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 9–28, 1978, brochure no. 1.

Elaine de Kooning. "Albers Paints a Picture." Art News 49 (November 1950), pp. 42–43, 58, ill., calls it "Transformation of a Scheme".

George Heard Hamilton. Josef Albers: Paintings, Prints, Projects. Exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. New York, 1956, pp. 40, 47, mentions the "Transformation of a Scheme" series.

Eugen Gomringer. Josef Albers: His Work as Contribution to Visual Articulation in the Twentieth Century. New York, [1968], pp. 120–22, ill. p. 124, calls it "Transformation of a Scheme Nr. 9".

Irving Finkelstein. "The Life and Art of Josef Albers." PhD diss., New York University, 1968, pp. 213–16, 367–68, fig. 168.

Jürgen Wissmann. Josef Albers. Recklinghausen, 1971, pp. 13–15, 39, ill.

Henry Geldzahler in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1965–1975. New York, 1975, p. 218, ill.

Josef Albers in François Bucher. Josef Albers: Despite Straight Lines. Rev. ed. (1st ed., 1961). Cambridge, Mass., 1977, pp. 42, 111, ill. p. 47.

Jürgen Wissmann in Josef Albers Museum Bottrop: Eröffnung 25. Juni 1983. Ed. Ulrich Schumacher. Bottrop, 1983, pp. 56–58, ill.

Josef Albers in Josef Albers. Ed. Getulio Alviani. Milan, 1988, p. 25, fig. 89, dates it 1949.