1926–1981, undated

Various

The Various subseries includes various writings by Anni Albers. These writings appeared in various publications, many in Design. Highlights include “Bauhausweberei” in Junge Menschen 5 from 1926, “Work with Materials,” “Handweaving Today: Textile Work at Black Mountain College,” “We Need the Crafts for Their Contact with Materials,” “The Pliable Plane” in Perspecta 4 from 1957, and her obituary for Walter Gropius “On Walter Gropius” in Craft Horizons from 1969. Several of these articles were republished in On Designing.

Description

Folder

- Paul Klee’s 1926 lectures “On Modern Art,” translated by Anni Albers,
  typescript (includes letter from AA to Charlotte Weidler, 1960)
  Dates
  1960, undated
  Box
  28
  Folder
  2
- “Bauhausweberei,” from Junge Menschen 5, typescripts
  and photocopies, November
  Dates
  1926
  Box
  28
  Folder
  3
- “Work with Materials,” Black Mountain College Bulletin, No. 5 1938,
  bulletins and photocopy; College Art Journal III: 2 January 1944;
  and Interweave Winter 1938, 1944, 1978
  Dates
  1938, 1944, 1978
  Box
  28
  Folder
  4
- "Handweaving Today: Textile Work at Black Mountain College,"
  The Weaver January-February 1941, reprints (includes photocopy
  of "It's Pretty But Is It Art?" The Weaver July –August 1941,
  written in response to "Handweaving Today")
  Dates
  1941
  Box
  28
  Folder
  5
- “Designing,” Craft Horizons, complete issue, typescript and reprints,
  May
  Dates
  1943
  Box
  28
  Folder
  6
- Untitled statement Black Mountain College Bulletin Vol. II No. 3
  December 1943, typescript photocopy with handwritten notes
  and corrections
  Dates
  1943
  Box
  28
  Folder
  7
- “One Aspect of Art Work,” Design 1944, reprints
  Dates
  1944
  Box
  28
  Folder
  8
- “We Need the Crafts for Their Contact with Materials,” Design,
  complete issues and photocopy (this work appears as “One
  Aspect of Art Work” in On Designing), December
  Dates
  1944
  Box
  28
  Folder
  9
- “Constructing Textiles,” Design, complete issues and reprints
  (includes “Introduction” and “Present and/or Past” by JA)
  [see On Designing], April
  Dates
  1946
  Box
  28
  Folder
  10
- “Design: Anonymous and Timeless,” Magazine of Art, reprints
  and complete issues, February
  Dates
  1947
  Box
  28
  Folder
  11
- “Fabrics,” Arts and Architecture, reprints, March
  Dates
  1948
  Box
  28
  Folder
  12
- “Handweaving for Modern Interiors,” Craft Horizons, Winter
  Dates
  1949
  Box
  28
  Folder
  13
- Untitled statement for Colloquium of Associated Artists of
  Pittsburgh February 12 1964, typescript carbon
  Dates
  1964
  Box
  28
  Folder
  14
- “On Walter Gropius,” Craft Horizons (obituary for WG)
  September–October
  Dates
  1969
  Box
  28
  Folder
  15
- Untitled review of Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings (1948),
  appeared in Magazine of Art January 1950, clippings and
  typescript carbons
  Dates
  1950
  Box
  28
  Folder
  16
- Untitled statement [I want to make things for the contemplative
  mind], handwritten
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  28
  Folder
  17
- Untitled writing on textiles, composite typescript and handwritten
  draft with handwritten corrections
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  28
  Folder
  18
- "Anni Albers: Tribute to Kurt Schwitters," contribution to Kurt
  Schwitters in Exile: The Later Work 1937–1948 exhibition catalog,
  Marlborough Fine Art, London, photocopies and letter to AA
  Dates
  1981
  Box
  28
  Folder
  19 (1)
- "Medley..."
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  28
  Folder
  19 (2)
- Fabric, The Pliable Plane by Anni Albers in Craft Horizons July / August 1958
  Dates
  1958
  Box
  28
  Folder
  16(1)