Awards and Honorary Degrees

This series includes correspondence, awards, photographs, writings, speeches, publicity, and medals from the universities, colleges, and professional organizations that bestowed awards and honorary degrees upon Josef Albers. Of particular importance to Josef Albers was the 1959 Ford Foundation Fellowship that made much of his work on Interaction of Color possible; the 1958 Conrad von Soest Prize; the Graham Foundation 1962 grant as co-recipient with Paul Rudolph for a sculpture commission for Yale Art and Architecture building, resulting in the sculpture Repeat and Reverse; the 1962 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from Yale University; the American Institute of Architects 1974 Fine Arts Medal Nomination; and various awards from the city of Bottrop.