Gray Instrumentation I c, Josef Albers, 1974
Josef Albers, portraitJosef AlbersAmerican, 1888–1976

Gray Instrumentation I c

1974 · Portfolio

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Where is “Gray Instrumentation I c” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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The museum

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Accession number
1977.73.1.3

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In the life of Josef Albers

The whole life
  1. 1954–1973

    Fireplaces and façades with the architect King-lui Wu

    Albers created decorative designs for buildings by the Yale professor and architect King-lui Wu: geometric fireplaces for the Rouse (1954) and DuPont (1959) houses, the façade of the Manuscript Society, a Yale secret senior society (1962), and a design for Mt. Bethel Baptist Church (1973).

  2. 19 November 1971 – 11 January 1972

    First living artist with a solo show at the Met

    The exhibition of Albers's paintings and prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art made him the first living artist to be given a solo show there; it has also been called a retrospective.

  3. 1976

    Hospitalised with a suspected heart ailment

    Albers was admitted to Yale New Haven Hospital for a possible heart ailment; he died there in his sleep on 25 March 1976.

  4. 25 March 1976

    Died

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