Our flatfiles feature works by select reductive artists working around the globe, including drawings, prints, photographs, works on paper, editions, and multiples. Some paintings, sculpture, and design objects are also available.
FROM THE FLATFILES
Each month, we highlight the work of one artist from our flatfiles on our web site. In August 2010, we feature legendary artist Josef Albers (1888-1976). We currently have a complete set of the seven album covers designed by Albers for Command Records between 1959-1961 available in our flatfiles.
Command Records was distinguished by its highly modern, boldly graphic, abstract album cover designs. Albers’ designs for Command Records in 1959-1961 came at a pivotal and highly-productive point in his professional career. In 1958, at age 70, he had just retired from his position as chairman of the Department of Design at Yale University. In the short period between 1959-1961, he completed many, large-scale public commissions, including for the Corning Glass and Time & Life Buildings in New York City; the Manuscript Society Building in New Haven, CT; and St. Patrick’s Church in Oklahoma City, OK. Several years later, in 1963, he published his seminal book Interaction of Color.
Albers designed the following seven album covers for Command Records:
* Provocative Percussion (Volume 1), 1959
* Provocative Percussion (Volume 2), 1960
* Provocative Percussion (Volume 3), 1961
* Persuasive Percussion (Volume 1), 1959
* Persuasive Percussion (Volume 3), 1960
* Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky – Ravel, 1961
* Leonid Hambro and Jascha Zayde, Magnificent Two-Piano Performances, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert, 1961
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FLATFILE ARTISTS (as of August 21, 2010):
an = animation, ab = artist book, au = audio
c = ceramic, do = design object, d = drawing
m = multiple, p = painting, ph = photography
pr = print, s = sculpture, v = video
American Abstract Artists (pr)
Justin Andrews (an, d, p)
Soledad Arias (pr)
Hartmut Böhm (d, pr)
Richard Bottwin (do)
Sharon Brant (d)
Henry Brown (d)
Vicente Butron (d)
Melanie Crader (d, p)
Mark Dagley (ab, m, pr)
Kasarian Dane (p)
Lynne Eastaway (d, p)
Nate Ethier (p)
Gabriele Evertz (p)
Anthony Farrell (p)
Daniel Feingold (p, d)
Linda Francis (pr)
Daniel Göttin (d, p, s)
Michelle Grabner (d)
Michael Graeve (au, ph)
Lynne Harlow (a, d, pr)
Daniel G. Hill (pr)
Michelle Hinebrook (p, pr)
Gilbert Hsiao (p)
Clint Jukkala (p)
James Juszczyk (p, pr)
Steve Karlik (p)
Keira Kotler (pr, v)
Jim Long (pr)
Lotte Lyon (ph)
Rory MacArthur (d)
Rossana Martinez (d, s)
Juan Matos Capote (au)
Jackie Meier (p)
Douglas Melini (d)
Victoria Munro (c, ph)
Salvatore Panatteri (m, ph)
Carrie Patterson (p, pr)
Mel Prest (d)
Ariane Roesch (ab, d)
Richard Roth (ab, d)
Erik Saxon (d)
Karen Schifano (d)
Mary Schiliro (p)
Sara Schnadt (ph)
Edward Shalala (ph)
David Thomas (p, ph)
Tilman (m)
Li-Trincere (d)
Jan van der Ploeg (m, p)
Don Voisine (pr)
Nancy White (p)
Lars Wolter (d)
Rachael Wren (p)
Patricia Zarate (ab, d)
