Skyscrapers by Josef Albers

Skyscrapers (1929) by Josef Albers

From the Tate Modern Collection:

“Albers explored semi-industrial techniques to create a fiercely objective art. Appropriating a method devised for engraving headstones, he embarked on a series of abstract compositions created by sandblasting sheets of coloured glass. Made by experienced craftsmen using stencils designed by the artist, such works could be serially produced, bringing art into line with other industrially manufactured goods. Titles such as Skyscrapers A c.1929 and Windows 1929 highlight Albers’s interest in modernist architecture.”

Source: http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/albers-and-moholy-nagy-bauhaus-new-world/albers-and-moholy-nagy-1