Josef Albers - midnight and noon - Josef Albers

Highlighting the
rich diversity of effects Albers drew from a narrow range of colors, this
publication is based around the groundbreaking Homage to the Square (A) (1950), the
inaugural painting in the series that would occupy the artist until his death in 1976.
The
pairing of two palettes - black, white, and grey and an array of yellows - stems in part
from Albers's 1964 series of lithographs,
Midnight and Noon , which b rought together
these two opposing color sets in a single portfolio. Together they address the limitless
possibilities the artist found in color and form.
Opening with an introduction by Nicholas Fox Weber, Executive Director of the Josef and
Anni Albers Foundation, that contextualizes these works and their color palettes, this
volume also includes Elaine de Kooning's historic text on
Homage to the Square and
Albers's own writing on the subject. Published on the occasion of exhibitions at David
Zwirner's
New York and London galleries in 2016 and 2017, this beautifully illustrated
publication looks at one of the most influential abstract painters of the twentieth century.