Josef Albers

28 Feb — 27 Mar 2007

Waddington Galleries are pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Josef Albers in two sections; pre-Bauhaus drawings and paintings from his Homage to the Square series. The twelve figurative drawings date from 1917 to 1919. Female Head Glancing Down, 1918 shows a portrait observed with line and given solidity by flat areas of different tone. In Seated Nude from Behind, 1919, Albers has captured the female body with a minimal depiction of form, his assured lines of brushed ink achieving a result of economy, weight and balance within the white space of the paper. In the exhibition there are over forty works from 1951 to 1974 of the four different compositions that Albers used for his Homage to the Square paintings. Three compositions consist of three squares and the other of four squares. All are made from units of ten, and the placing of square inside square from bottom - to side - to top always has a ratio equal to 1-2-3. This means the middle square is lower than the painting's central axis adding an intrinsic aura of gravity and stillness to its structure.


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