Josef Albers (German/American, 1888 - 1976). "Never Before (f) (miniature edition) [from: Never Before]". Original color silkscreen. 1976. Signed in pencil and dated, lower right. Probably a PP or TP from the edition of unknown size, presumed small. White wove paper. Full margins as issued. Fine impression. Fine condition; tipped to the original support, as issued. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Danilowitz 231.6. Provenance: Tyler Graphics, Mount Kisco, New York. The print is accompanied by the original promotional cover issued as an announcement for the edition. Hand printed silkscreen miniature published by Tyler Graphics Ltd. as part of a promotional brochure advertising the "Never Before" portfolio. The “Never Before” series is based on a theme Albers first explored in 1949 in the painting “Indicating Solids” and again took up in 1971 in the large oil “Never Before.” Albers and the Tyler workshop used a collage system to work out the colors for each of the twelve prints in the portfolio, which all have the same format reduced from the 1971 painting. Tyler made cut-outs in numerous sample inks of the different sections of the five-color scheme. Albers then juxtaposed them, making over 100 collages before he came up with his twelve solutions. He started in the center and then determined the outer colors, reminiscent of the way his father had taught him to paint a door so that he never dirtied his cuffs. The workshop printed each color directly on the white paper, fitting in all five parts with perfect registration. Image copyright © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Overall size: 7 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (197 x 206 mm). Image size: 4 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (114 x 124 mm). [24676] |250| {R100} (TL2) ozz~nzz