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JOSEF ALBERS | VARIANT/ADOBE

Lot Closed

May 14, 04:32 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

JOSEF ALBERS

1888 - 1976

VARIANT/ADOBE

signed with the artist’s monogram and dated 47

oil on blotting paper

sheet: 17⅜ by 24⅛ in. 44.1 by 61.3 cm.

framed: 25 by 29 in. 63.5 by 73.7 cm.

This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Josef Albers currently being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and is registered under 1947.2.14.

Collection of Francisco Rodriguez, Mexico City (acquired directly from the artist in 1947)

Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired from the above circa 1950)

Thence by descent to the present owner