Anni Josef Albers 3D small imageDYKE, Frouke van, Nicholas Fox WEBER, Marijn GEIST, Willem van ROIJN and Caro Verbeek (2022). Anni + Josef Albers, The Hague: Kunstmuseum and Zwolle: WBooks, ISBN 978-94-625-85225, in Dutch. Hardback, 208 pp, fully illustrated in black/white and colour, introduction, catalogue, footnotes. Price: €34.95.
A fully illustrated catalogue to an exhibition about the German textile designers, Anni Albers and her husband Josef Albers, which was held at the Kunstmuseum, in The Hague, between 15th October 2022 and 15th January 2023. The exhibition contained a wide range of actual textiles as well as designs and drawings for textiles (see blog).
The book starts with an introduction followed by a series of essays by various authors about different aspects of the lives and works of Anni and Josef Albers. There is, for example, a chapter on their visit to Mexico, which had an important influence upon their work, as well as on music and the geometric art of painters such as Piet Mondriaan.
Recommendation: This book will be of interest to anyone researching the Bauhaus movement and/or the history of 20th century Western textile design.
Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, 1 January 2023
