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Lot 303
  • 303

Josef Albers

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Josef Albers
  • Variant III (D. 173.3)
  • first sheet 432 by 432 mm 17 by 17 in
Screenprint in tones of grey, 1967, from Ten Variants, initialed in pencil, dated '66, titled and numbered 181-200, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins; together with bridget riley, untitled, offset lithograph, c. 1965, signed in pencil, from the edition of unknown size, on wove paper, with margins; together with, arman, boom-boom, screenprint in colors, with graphite additions, from the New York International portfolio, signed in pencil and numbered 216/225, on heavy wove paper, the full sheet; the prints in good condition apart from occasonial pale discoloration, the second two framed (3 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition as catalogued. The Albers has pale mat stain in the margins and on the verso, with a stray graphite mark in the lower margin recto. The Riley has a few tiny pin holes in the image at center left and the left margin, with pale mat and light- stain and occasional damp stain at the sheet edges. Sheet 380 by 460 mm. The Arman has scattered foxing on the recto and verso. Sheet 432 by 560 mm
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