Josef Albers, Black Mountain, N.C. postcard to Marcel Breuer, Cambridge, Mass., 1939
| Title: | [Josef Albers, Black Mountain, N.C. postcard to Marcel Breuer, Cambridge, Mass.]. |
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| Date: | 1939 |
| Physical Details: | Postcard : 1 : ill. ; 14 x 9 cm. |
| Sender: | Josef Albers (Black Mountain, N.C.) |
| Recipient | Marcel Breuer (Cambridge, Mass.) |
| Description: |
New Year's greeting from painter and Bauhaus teacher Joseph Albers.
The postcard is a color photograph of "The Loop," near Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on which Albers has stencilled in paint, "a good : 9." The semicolon in arranged to make "the Loop" resemble the number 3, so that the front of the postcard reads, "a good 39." |
| Subjects: | Marcel Breuer |
| Forms part of: | Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986 View Full Record | View Images for this Collection |
| Citation: | Josef Albers, Black Mountain, N.C. postcard to Marcel Breuer, Cambridge, Mass., 1939. 1 ill. ; 14 x 9 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art. |
| Copyright: | AAA Copyright Policy |
| Digital ID: | 994 |