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ALBERS, ANNI. On Designing.New Haven, Connecticut: Pellango Press 1959. 1st Paperback Edition. Oversize paperback 8 inches tall by 8.25 wide 70 pages. Diagrams of constructions, chronology. Description: Includes several b&w illustrations. Anni Albers is known for her work in the field of textiles as an artist, a designer for industrial production, a lecturer and teacher. Born in Germany, she became a student at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau. For a time she was a student of Paul Klee. It was at the Bauhaus that she first experimented with weaving. Anni and her husband Josef were invited to teach at the experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina where they taught until 1949. During these years Anni Albers' weavings were shown throughout the U.S., culminating in her 1949 show at the Museum of Modern Art. The first of its kind for a textile artist, the show toured from 1951 until 1953, establishing Albers as the most well-known weaver of the day. BINDING/CONDITION: a quality paperback with flaps; Good+ condition. ISBN: B0007E35G0
Offered for US$ 30.00 by: The Bookworm - Book number: 057081
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