
Josef AlbersAmerican, 1888–1976May one see it?
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).
1971
Founds the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
Nearly five years before his death Albers founded a nonprofit foundation that he hoped would further “the revelation and evocation of vision through art”; today it administers the estates of both Josef and Anni Albers.
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.