Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers were colleagues at the Bauhaus school in Dessau, Germany. After the institution was shut down in 1933, they shared a destiny as 'emigres', Kandinsky and his wife Nina in Paris, Albers and his wife, Anni Albers, in the U.S. Their correspondence, covering the period from 1929 to 1940, provides a unique perspective on this tumultuous period in history and in art. Despite the increasingly alarming political situation that serves as the backdrop for these letters, the tone of these exchanges born of a warm and serious friendship is surprisingly optimistic. This translation and revised edition is a collaboration with The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, The Archives Kandinsky, and The Centre Pompidou. SELLING POINTS: -First English translation of the letters between two of the Bauhaus movement's major players -Correspondence covers the period when Albers began his career in America, while Kandinsky settled in Paris -Never before published photographs of the artists and their families -Both Anni Albers and Nina Kandinsky wrote notes at the bottom of their husband's letters adding insight into the relationship between these two couples -Of lasting interest to any collector, art enthusiast or historian of the Bauhaus movement 30 colour R8 b/w illustrations
