Anni Albers
DI-I, 1978 Gouache on paper 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm)
Official source: David Zwirner.
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1899–1994 · German-born American · Based in Orange, Connecticut, USA (d. 1994)
Anni Albers studied weaving at the Bauhaus, where she turned constraints placed on women students into a radical investigation of structure, material and pattern. After emigrating to the United States she taught at Black Mountain College, designed textiles, wrote influential essays and later shifted much of her practice toward printmaking.
Textile; weaving; printmaking; design; writing
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DI-I, 1978 Gouache on paper 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm)
Official source: David Zwirner.
How to Weave Like Anni Albers | Tate
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