The book "Josef Albers in Mexico" features bold, bright pink text on a magenta cover and is photographed against a plain white background, highlighting abstract art influenced by pre-Columbian architecture.
A book titled "Josef Albers in Mexico" features a solid magenta cover with bold pink geometric text and celebrates abstract art inspired by pre-Columbian architecture.
An open book of "Josef Albers in Mexico" shows a black-and-white photo of a person facing pre-Columbian ruins on the left page, while the right page is solid pink with TENAYUCA in bold white letters, evoking Albers’s style.
An open book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," shows text and blue on the left page. The right page features a black-and-white photo of a stone pathway with two people walking under a cloudy sky.
An open book titled "Josef Albers in Mexico" displays two pages with text, images of abstract art, a sketch with handwritten notes, and a black-and-white architectural drawing. The background is light-colored.
An open book displays a text page and a light red map of Mexico and the southern U.S. labeled in French, from "Josef Albers in Mexico," highlighting Albers’ interest in pre-Columbian architecture.
An open book displays two abstract artworks: the left page features a colorful geometric composition from "Josef Albers in Mexico"; the right page presents a black-and-white zigzag and block pattern inspired by pre-Columbian architecture.
An open art book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," displays two abstract works: left page with blue and purple geometric shapes; right page shows layered rectangles inspired by pre-Columbian architecture.
An open book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," shows a black-and-white photo of two people viewing pre-Columbian architecture on the left and the word TENAYUCA in white text on a solid pink background on the right page.
An open book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," displays two pages with numerous small black-and-white photos—some featuring pre-Columbian architecture—arranged in grid and irregular patterns on a light background.
An open book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," lies flat. The left page displays a geometric black-and-white pattern; the right features a black-and-white photo of a patterned surface, both reminiscent of abstract art.
A magenta cover features bold red geometric text—JOSEF ALBERS IN MEXICO—evoking abstract art and nodding to pre-Columbian architecture. The design is minimalist, with no images or extra elements.
An open book titled "Josef Albers in Mexico" displays printed text and a black-and-white photo of a stone wall and sky, reflecting Albers’s fascination with pre-Columbian architecture, shown on a white background.
An open copy of "Josef Albers in Mexico" displays two pages: on the left, abstract artwork; on the right, a sepia map and black-and-white photo highlighting pre-Columbian architecture.
An open copy of "Josef Albers in Mexico" shows abstract art with overlapping red, blue, and yellow rectangles on the left and a black-and-white geometric pattern on the right.
An open book displays text on the left and a pink-outlined map of Mexico and the southern United States on the right, with locations labeled, a compass rose, and references from "Josef Albers in Mexico" to pre-Columbian architecture.
An open spread of "Josef Albers in Mexico": the left page displays geometric shapes inspired by pre-Columbian architecture; the right features overlapping forms in red, purple, and white evoking a dynamic, abstract effect.
The book "Josef Albers in Mexico" displays two open pages featuring small black-and-white photos of pyramids and desert landscapes in a grid, set against a minimal white background.
The book "Josef Albers in Mexico" features bold, bright pink text on a magenta cover and is photographed against a plain white background, highlighting abstract art influenced by pre-Columbian architecture.
A book titled "Josef Albers in Mexico" features a solid magenta cover with bold pink geometric text and celebrates abstract art inspired by pre-Columbian architecture.
An open book of "Josef Albers in Mexico" shows a black-and-white photo of a person facing pre-Columbian ruins on the left page, while the right page is solid pink with TENAYUCA in bold white letters, evoking Albers’s style.
An open book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," shows text and blue on the left page. The right page features a black-and-white photo of a stone pathway with two people walking under a cloudy sky.
An open book titled "Josef Albers in Mexico" displays two pages with text, images of abstract art, a sketch with handwritten notes, and a black-and-white architectural drawing. The background is light-colored.
An open book displays a text page and a light red map of Mexico and the southern U.S. labeled in French, from "Josef Albers in Mexico," highlighting Albers’ interest in pre-Columbian architecture.
An open book displays two abstract artworks: the left page features a colorful geometric composition from "Josef Albers in Mexico"; the right page presents a black-and-white zigzag and block pattern inspired by pre-Columbian architecture.
An open art book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," displays two abstract works: left page with blue and purple geometric shapes; right page shows layered rectangles inspired by pre-Columbian architecture.
An open book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," shows a black-and-white photo of two people viewing pre-Columbian architecture on the left and the word TENAYUCA in white text on a solid pink background on the right page.
An open book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," displays two pages with numerous small black-and-white photos—some featuring pre-Columbian architecture—arranged in grid and irregular patterns on a light background.
An open book, "Josef Albers in Mexico," lies flat. The left page displays a geometric black-and-white pattern; the right features a black-and-white photo of a patterned surface, both reminiscent of abstract art.
A magenta cover features bold red geometric text—JOSEF ALBERS IN MEXICO—evoking abstract art and nodding to pre-Columbian architecture. The design is minimalist, with no images or extra elements.
An open book titled "Josef Albers in Mexico" displays printed text and a black-and-white photo of a stone wall and sky, reflecting Albers’s fascination with pre-Columbian architecture, shown on a white background.
An open copy of "Josef Albers in Mexico" displays two pages: on the left, abstract artwork; on the right, a sepia map and black-and-white photo highlighting pre-Columbian architecture.
An open copy of "Josef Albers in Mexico" shows abstract art with overlapping red, blue, and yellow rectangles on the left and a black-and-white geometric pattern on the right.
An open book displays text on the left and a pink-outlined map of Mexico and the southern United States on the right, with locations labeled, a compass rose, and references from "Josef Albers in Mexico" to pre-Columbian architecture.
An open spread of "Josef Albers in Mexico": the left page displays geometric shapes inspired by pre-Columbian architecture; the right features overlapping forms in red, purple, and white evoking a dynamic, abstract effect.
The book "Josef Albers in Mexico" displays two open pages featuring small black-and-white photos of pyramids and desert landscapes in a grid, set against a minimal white background.

Josef Albers in Mexico

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Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art, Josef Albers wrote to his former Bauhaus colleague Vasily Kandinsky in 1936. Josef Albers in Mexico reveals the profound link between the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica and Albers abstract works on canvas and paper. With his wife, the artist Anni Albers, Albers toured pre-Columbian archeological sites and monuments during his 12 or more trips to Mexico and other Latin American countries between 1935 and 1968. On each visit, Albers took black-and-white photographs of pyramids, shrines, sanctuaries and landscapes, which he later assembled into rarely seen photo collages. The resulting works demonstrate Albers continued formal experimentation with geometry, this time accentuating a pre-Columbian aesthetic.

Josef Albers in Mexico brings together photographs, photo collages, prints and significant paintings from the Variants/Adobe (194666) and Homage to the Square (195076) series from the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation. Two scholarly essays, an illustrated map and vivid color reproductions of paintings and works on paper illuminate this little-known period in the influential artists practice.

  • Hardcover
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • 128 pages
  • 110 color illustrations

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