Anni Albers

What she did

Created woven artworks, taught textile design and published On Weaving in 1965.

Impact and significance

Her exhibitions, teaching and writing explored the artistic and structural possibilities of weaving, bringing textile design into modern art education and museum collections.

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Works recorded in the archive

• On Weaving (1965)
• Bauhaus and pictorial weavings
• Solo exhibition, Museum of Modern Art (1949)

Sources and access

• Anni Albers, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation biography
• Albers, Anni. On Weaving. Wesleyan University Press, 1965.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.
• Tate Modern. Anni Albers (exhibition catalogue). 2018.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.

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