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Collector's edition with 81 silkscreen prints and original unabridged text Germany, 1973 Josef Albers (1888 - 1976) German Painter and Art Theorist Special edition by the Gallery Keller, Starnberg Graphic, silkscreen print and accompanying commentary Dimensions: 37 x 14 x 27.5 cm One of the most influential books on colour ever published, the German painter and art theorist Josef Albers' Interaction of Color is a masterwork. While the original publication from 1963 has long been out of print, this special edition by the Gallery Keller in Starnberg from 1973 is a real treasure. 81 silkscreen prints and the original unabridged text present Joseph Albers' radical ideas on the theory of colours. This masterpiece is an absolute must for every art book collection. Silkscreen prints and text are both in very good condition. The box shows some, minor abrasions. The overall dimensions are 37 x 14 x 27.5 cm. Joseph Albers (1888 - 1976) Josef Albers was painter, art theorist and art educationist. After his studies at the "Akademie der Bildenden Künste" in Berlin and the "Kunstakademie" in Munich, Albers became 1920 a member of the Bauhaus group in Weimar. Shortly after he became a master builder and associate chairman mainly teaching glass and wood processing techniques. Due to the systematic persecution of Bauhaus members through the National Socialists, Albers was in 1933 forced to emigrate to the USA. There he taught well known artists such as John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg and joined the Parisian artists group Abstraction-Création. In 1953 Josef Albers returned to Germany as a guest speaker at the "Hochschule für Gestaltung" in Ulm. Albers is very famous for his experiments with the effects of colour, forms, lines and surfaces in relation with each other and with the different forms of subjective perception. With his drawings, based on optical illusions, he was together with Victor Vasarely one of the founders of the Opt-Art.