Richard Anuszkiewicz at Josef Albers Museum 1997 Exhibition Serigraph Poster

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This tantalizing poster is from a 1997 exhibition of Richard Anuszkiewicz at the Josef Albers Museum in Bottrop, Germany. The … more This tantalizing poster is from a 1997 exhibition of Richard Anuszkiewicz at the Josef Albers Museum in Bottrop, Germany. The print is a serigraph (silkscreen), not a lithograph or offset, which is rare for a poster. Colorful and stunning, the rectilinear web causes various optical illusions; a classic example of his work. Print size: 33 x 23 1/2 inches. Mint condition.

Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930 -2020), was an American painter and printmaker, who was among the originators of Optical Art (Op Art), a style concerned with visual sensation and the effect of optical illusion. Anuszkiewicz studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Yale University School of Art and Architecture (under Josef Albers), and Kent State University. In his life, he was the recipient of many awards, including the Lee Krasner Award for lifetime achievement in 2000. His artwork are held in over 70 institution collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Tate Modern, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Guggenheim Museum, Fogg Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anuszkiewicz once said "people thought that I always wanted to shock the eye... I didn’t want to shock the eye. I wanted to use colors together that had never been used together before". less