May 11, 2017 - Sale 2447

Sale 2447 - Lot 87

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
JOSEF ALBERS
White Embossing on Gray IV.

One color line-cut embossing on Roleaf, 1971. 584x394 mm; 23x15 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 74/125 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with the blind stamps lower right. From the same-titled portfolio.

Gemini G.E.L. developed this paper specifically for this printing project, as they required a unique surface that would capture the sharpness of the embossing while seamlessly accepting the gray ink. Axsom 204.4.