Prefatio

1942

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph in black on Serir wove paper
Dimensions: image: 29.85 × 40.01 cm (11 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.) sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.)
Collection no.: 1975.20.5
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Prefatio — Josef Albers. 1942.

Medium: lithograph in black on Serir wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 29.85 × 40.01 cm (11 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.) sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1975.20.5. Gift of Josef Albers.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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