Josef Albers, Interaction of Color

Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1963. Seminal two volume work demonstrating Albers' teachings and ideas of colour. First edition in original brown linen-covered slipcase 37 x 28 x 14 cm with gray embossed title on the spine. One volume contains the complete set of 80 folders with original silkscreen prints, die-cuts and collages, loose as issued. The second volume consists of text with title page, table of contents and commentary, on wove papers, loose and folded (as issued). In very good condition.

Josef Albers (1888-1976) was one of the pioneers of 20th-century modernism. He was an extraordinary writer, painter, colour theorist and teacher at Black Mountain College and Yale. When 'Interaction of Color' was published in 1963, it created much controversy around its proposition of how people perceive, understand and interact with colour.