Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Albers 1921
the artist, Weimar, Germany and Orange, Conn. (1921–72; his gift to MMA)
Kunsthalle Basel. "Bauhaus Dessau: J. Albers, L. Feininger, W. Kandinsky, P. Klee, O. Schlemmer," April 20–May 9, 1929, no. 3 or 4 (as "Scherbenbild," not for sale).
Braunschweig. Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst. "Albers, Cavael, Sommer, Sommer-Peters," February 26–March 26, 1933, no. 23 (as "Mann").
Cambridge, Mass. Germanic Museum, Harvard University. "Oils and Watercolors by Hubert Landau / Abstractions by Josef Albers," November 9–30, 1936, no catalogue.
Munich. Haus der Kunst. "Die Maler am Bauhaus," May–June 1950, no. 1 (as "Mann").
Berlin. Schloss Charlottenburg. "Die Maler am Bauhaus," September 29–October 29, 1950, no. 1.
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.
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. "Josef Albers: A Retrospective," March 25–May 29, 1988, no. 40.
Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis. "Josef Albers: Vitraux, dessins, gravures, typographie, meubles," July 5–September 29, 2008, no. 4.
William Germain Dooley. "Shows That Vary from Floral Art to Abstraction." Boston Transcript (November 14, 1936), p. 12.
Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius, and Ise Gropius, ed. Bauhaus: 1919–1928. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1938, ill. pp. 49 (in the Stained glass workshop, 1923), 196, called "picture. fragments of colored glass bottles".
George Heard Hamilton. Josef Albers: Paintings, Prints, Projects. Exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. New York, 1956, fig. 12 (installation photo, Albers' glass workshop at the Bauhaus, 1923).
Eberhard Roters. Maler am Bauhaus. Berlin, 1965, p. 200, no. 89, ill. p. 182 (color), lists it as "Glasfenster," 52 x 39 cm, in the collection of the artist, New Haven, Connecticut.
Eugen Gomringer. Josef Albers: His Work as Contribution to Visual Articulation in the Twentieth Century. New York, [1968], pp. 27, 30, ill. p. 31 (color).
Irving Finkelstein. "The Life and Art of Josef Albers." PhD diss., New York University, 1968, p. 46 n. 6.
Werner Spies. Albers. New York, 1970, pp. 12, 67, ill. p. 13 (color).
Jürgen Wissmann. Josef Albers. Recklinghausen, 1971, pp. 23–24, ill. p. 50.
David Shapiro. "Homage to Albers." Art News 70 (November 1971), p. 33, generally discusses early glass works.
Hugh M. Davies inJosef Albers: Paintings and Graphics, 1917–1970. Exh. cat., Art Museum, Princeton University. Princeton, 1971, p. 7, notes that it is the first of Albers' glass works.
Margit Rowell. "On Albers' Color." Artforum 10 (January 1972), pp. 35–36, generally discusses early glass works.
Henry Geldzahler in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1965–1975. New York, 1975, p. 216, ill.
Nicholas Fox Weber inJosef Albers: A Retrospective. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, 1988, pp. 21, 287, 289, no. 40, ill. p. 102 (color).
Robert Kehlmann. 20th Century Stained Glass: A New Definition. Kyoto, 1992, p. 206, ill. pp. 28 (color), 208, erroneously dates it 1912.
Brenda Danilowitz inJosef Albers: Glass, Color, and Light. Exh. cat., Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. New York, 1994, p. 27, no. 1, ill. n.p. (color).
Fred Licht inJosef Albers: Glass, Color, and Light. Exh. cat., Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. New York, 1994, pp. 17–18.
Birgit Botz. Glas als künstlerischer Werkstoff: Gestaltung und Vermittlung mit Recyclingglas. Berlin, 2007, p. 45, fig. 18.
Oliver Barker inJosef Albers: Vitraux, dessins, gravures, typographie, meubles. Exh. cat., Musée départemental Matisse du Cateau-Cambrésis. Paris, 2008, pp. 16, 211, 230–31, no. 4, ill. pp. 53 (color) [caption switched with 1972.40.2], 55 (installation photo, glass workshop, Bauhaus Weimar, ca. 1923).
Klaus-Jürgen Winkler, ed. Bauhaus-Alben. Vol. 3, Weberei, Wandmalerei, Glasmalerei, Buchbinderei, Steinbildhauerei / The Weaving Workshop, The Wall-Painting Workshop, The Glass-Painting Workshop, The Bookbinding Workshop, The Stone-Carving Workshop. [Weimar], 2008, pp. 154, 156, 160, 162, no. 313, ill. pp. 157 (in the Glass-Painting Workshop), 161 (Bauhaus album photo), 230 (color), calls it "An Mara (To Mara)".
Heinz Liesbrock with Ulrike Growe, ed. Josef Albers: Interaction. Exh. cat., Villa Hügel, Essen. New Haven, 2018, p. 294, colorpl. 11.
Josef Albers (American (born Germany), Bottrop 1888–1976 New Haven, Connecticut)
1963
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