Description: Elisabeth (Portrait of the sister of Josef Albers). 1919. Drawing. Pencil on brownish paper. 32 x 23 cm. Mounted in a passe-partout. Signed lower right in pencil: a. On the enclosed back wall of the original framing verso inscribed with affixed note, there titled and dated: Elisabeth- / sister of Josef Albers / 1919 and business card Josef Albers, New Haven with handwritten note, Mr. Franz-Josef Dohr, Bottrop '. The portrait drawing was presented to 2018 employees of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Bethany / Conneticut for an assessment in Germany. Further information on request.
Artist or Maker: Josef Albers*, (1888-1976)
Date: 1919
Condition Report: Condition Report available on request
Literature: Nicholas Fox Weber. Die Zeichnungen von Josef Albers. Josef Albers Museum Bottrop (Hrsg.). Hannover 1988, S. 6, Abb. 6, Katalog Abb. 5 und 6, S. 29/30, Abb. 32 (zum Vergleich).