Josef AlbersAmerican, 1888–1976Gray Instrumentation I
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Not on view at present
Where is “Gray Instrumentation I” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 536.1994.1-12
In the catalog
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- The Museum of Modern Art
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In the life of Josef Albers
The whole life1954–1973
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).
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.
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.
25 March 1976
Died
![Oskar Schlemmer; [Schlemmer] in the Master’s Council; [Schlemmer] with Wittwer, Kallai, and Marianne Brandt, Preliminary Course Exhibition; [Schlemmer] and Tut, Josef Albers, 1928-30/1932](https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjMzNzk1NyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDEwMjR4MTAyNFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=0cbde6ed2e4731ed)
