Anni and Josef Albers at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris

Published on 13 October 2021, by Virginie Huet

A comprehensive show traces the lives and work of two modern art trailblazers, from the Bauhaus to Yale.

Anni Albers, Intersecting, 1962, cotton and rayon, 40 x 42 cm/15.74 x 16.53 in, detail,... Anni and Josef Albers at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris

Anni Albers, Intersecting, 1962, cotton and rayon, 40 x 42 cm/15.74 x 16.53 in, detail, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop
© 2021 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 2021

Three portraits that were taken from the Bauhaus garden in Dessau in 1925, the year the Albers were married, open this show focusing on their lives and work. Next, a 1948 oil on Masonite (a hardboard made of processed wood) featuring four warm colors surrounded by two shades of blue is on the left, a wide strip of layered red and…

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