Midnight + Noon V

1964 · Portfolio

Can I see it?

Not on view at present

Where is “Midnight + Noon V” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.

Washington, D.C., United States

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

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).
1962
A Graham Foundation grant
As a fellow at Yale, Albers received a grant from the Graham Foundation for an exhibition and lecture on his work.
1963
Publishes “Interaction of Color”
The book records an experiential way of studying and teaching colour: Albers held that colour “is almost never seen as it really is” and that “colour deceives continually”. The very rare first edition of 2,000 copies contained 150 silkscreen plates; the book is considered a seminal work of colour theory.
1965–1967
A MoMA show tours the Americas
Albers's work was in the group show “The Responsive Eye” (1965), and a major Albers exhibition organised by the Museum of Modern Art travelled through South America, Mexico and the United States in 1965–1967.