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Josef Albers : to open eyes : the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Yale

by Josef Albers, Frederick A. Horowitz, Brenda Danilowitz

This biography explores the forty-year teaching career of Josef Albers, tracing his progression from the Bauhaus to Black Mountain College and Yale University while examining his innovative pedagogical influence on art and design education.

Accession 13616 ISBN 9780714845999 Publisher Phaidon Press
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