{"product_id":"josef-albers-charles-darwent-9780500519103","title":"Josef Albers: Life and Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive unpublished archival writings, documents, and illustrations, this is the first full-scale biography of one of the 20th-century's great artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his accessible study of the \"whole\" Albers, Charles Darwent combats the fables while telling the fascinating story of an artist, friend, and intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong Albers's unpublished papers are letters from friends John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, and Eva Hesse, as well as fans and collectors ranging from the composer Virgil Thomson to the cartoonist Saul Steinberg. If his network of influence was surprisingly wide, so too, were his interests. He started life at the Bauhaus as a glass-maker and went on to create fonts, to run their famous wallpaper workshop, and to make furniture whose designs are still in production eighty years later. He pioneered the study of color at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and chaired the design department at Yale University. While books have been written about Albers for specialist audiences, this new volume fulfills the clear need for a more general study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Darwent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0500519102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500519103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.90w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2018 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2018 pg. 10","brand":"Charles Darwent","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919928819967,"sku":"9780500519103","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_68ba1f9a-cd22-4b60-b067-b82ce8d3c584.jpg?v=1680812691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/josef-albers-charles-darwent-9780500519103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}