Josef Albers, Tlaloc, 1944
MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation. © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2023.
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Tlaloc, 1944
Graphic material,
38.1 x 36.8 cm
Josef Albers’ prints make use of the organic nature of the natural wood grain, which is incorporated into the composition and is in contrast to the geometrical line itself. With his wife, the artist Anni Albers, in 1935 he made the first of fourteen trips to Mexico, and was greatly influenced by Mexican art and architecture. Tlaloc is the Aztec god of rain, lightning and thunder, a divinity widely revered in this civilisation.
Technical details
- Original title:
- Tlaloc
- Registration number:
- 5621
- Artist:
- Albers, Josef
- Date created:
- 1944
- Date acquired:
- 2017
- Fonds:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
- Object type:
- Graphic material
- Media:
- Woodcut on Japanese paper
- Dimensions:
- 38.1 x 36.8 cm (height x width)
- Edition number:
- Ed. 34/35
- Credits:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
- Copyright:
- © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, VEGAP, Barcelona
- It has accessibility resources:
- No
The MACBA Collection features Catalan, Spanish and international art and, although it includes works from the 1920s onwards, its primary focus is on the period between the 1960s and the present.
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