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Patterned fabric with black wavy lines mounted on off-white mat. Possible brown discoloration due to adhesive. Handwritten inscription from artist to Walter Gropius in black ink between lines of design.
collages (visual works)
cloth
paper (fiber product)
ink
adhesive
Collage
Collage
Dear Pius / much good / love and luck / to you and / many / years of / happiness / May / 18 / 1953 / This / wishes / you / herzenslust / Deine / Anni / A. (Handwritten inscription between lines of pattern on fabric)
Albers, Anni
7 x 10 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Ise Gropius
1984.54.120
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