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Kinetic V
Kinetic V

Kinetic V

Artist Josef Albers American, born Germany, 1888–1976
Date1945
MediumOil on Masonite panel
Dimensions21 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. (55.2 x 70.5 cm)
Frame: 27 3/4 x 33 3/4 in. (70.5 x 85.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object numberG.63.2.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCollection of the artist; given to NCMA, 1963Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 and 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), mentioned 7, listed 58.

American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 1, illus. (b-w).

American Abstract Artists (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 2, illus. (b-w).

Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: Published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 290.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 264.
Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, CA, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "First Spring Annual of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor," April 3-30, 1946.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 1, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Abstract Artists," February 9-March 9, 1969, cat. no. 2, illus. (b-w).

Coral Gables, FL, The Lowe Art Museum, "The International Style in America," February 7-March 10, 1974.

Richmond, CA, The Virginia Art Museum, "Masterpieces from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 11-April 13, 1975.

Winston-Salem, NC, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, "Opening Exhibition," February 2-March 2, 1977.

Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina Wesleyan College. Black Mountain Project. "Art and Education at Black Mountain College, 1933-1956," January 15-February 28, 1978.

Charlotte, NC, The Mint Museum, "American Painting and Sculpture, 1900-1945," November 12-December 23, 1978, cat. no. 1.

Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, to be displayed with the permanent collection as part of the inaugural exhibition, April 21, 2002 – March 30, 2003.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Black Mountain College: Its Time and Place," April 7-August 6, 2006.
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