Red Meander II

In this screen print, Anni Albers revisited a design she originally produced in 1954 as a linen and cotton textile. The artist had favored the textile medium earlier in her career. Here, meandering rectangular forms take on hard edges distinct from the softer quality of their fabric counterparts. In printmaking, as in weaving, Albers worked in layers, experimenting with optical effects, color, and form. In her later years, when the loom had become too cumbersome, printmaking allowed her to continue her formal experiments with process, geometry, and abstraction through new and different media.