Anni and Josef Albers

by Lake Verea, with an essay by Brenda Danilowitz

In 1925, textile artist Annelise Fleischmann married multimedia artist Josef Albers and thus began one of the most artistically fruitful marriages of the 20th century. Both students-turned-masters of the Bauhaus and later attendees of Black Mountain College, Anni and Josef revolutionized their respective fields as individual artists and educators, and as a couple.

In this beautiful tribute to creative collaboration, the Mexican photography duo Lake Verea discover the material and intellectual traces of the Alberses’ creative influence through their archival ephemera, including correspondence with Bauhaus colleagues, tubes of paint, and fabric. The personal context of Anni and Josef’s creative life together emerges from these objects, conversations, and associations.

Softcover: 192 pp
Publisher: Hatje Cantz (2021)
Language: English
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.
Illustrations: 300 color
ISBN 978-3-7757-4888-9

This title is also available through D.A.P. in North America, and in the EU through Hatje Cantz.