Carpets

“The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural…...

“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” Wassily Kandinsky

“A composition is nothing other than an exact law-abiding organization of the vital forces which, in the form of tensions, are shut up within the elements.”

“Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality.” Wassily Kandinsky

“Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body.”

Everything starts from a knot.

The work comes from the "Interaction of Color" series and is also on the cover of Josef Albers' important textbook on the effects of colors from 1963.

An icon of German weaving. Design Carpet No. 2 was designed and manufactured for the room of Walter Gropius.

The colourful composition of the Bauhaus Carpet No. 1 by Gertrud Arndt is a design from 1924.

The series Homage to the Square is considered one of Josef Albers most famous and important works.

The series Homage to the Square is considered one of Josef Albers most famous and important works.

In 1950, former Bauhaus master Josef Albers began his series Homage to the Square at the age of 62. Over the next 26 years, Josef Albers produced hundreds of...