![]() ![]() He began his career teaching at the Bauhaus before moving to the United States, and was an influential figure in 20th century modernism. Josef Albers (1888–1976) was an influential teacher, writer, painter, and color theorist. Pages from Albers' “The Interaction of Color.“ “The Interaction of Color” by Josef Albers. The video at the bottom of this page demonstrates the effect of revealing that the two brown squares are the same by lifting a flap. For example, the print in the image to the left has brown/tan squares surrounded by orange, yellow, and blue so that one brown square appears darker than the other, despite the two squares being exactly the same shade. The work comprises 80 silk screened prints that demonstrate how the eye perceive colors differently when set next to other colors. ![]() The set was originally a limited run of 2000 sets of prints with an accompanying book that outlines a sequence of color exercises. The Special Collections Research Center is excited to announce the acquisition of a 1963 copy of The Interaction of Color by Josef Albers. ![]()
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