Contemporary Art | Milan
Contemporary Art | Milan
Josef Albers
STUDY TO HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE: REDDISH IN ORANGE WITH GRAY
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November 27, 03:10 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
Lot Details
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JOSEF ALBERS
1888 - 1976
STUDY TO HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE: REDDISH IN ORANGE WITH GRAY
signed with monogram and dated 59; signed, inscribed, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse
oil on masonite
This work is registered in the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, under the n. JAAF 1959.1.85
(siglato e datato 59; firmato, iscritto, intitolato e datato 1959 sul retro
olio su masonite
Opera registrata presso la Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, con il n. JAAF 1959.1.85)
cm 40,2x40,2; inches 15.82 by 15.82
Framed: cm 52x52x5; inches 20.47 by 20.47 by 1.96
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Private collection
Sotheby's New York, 1 May 1991, lot 200
Private collection
Finarte Milan, 16 November 1992, lot 185
Acquired from the above by the present owner (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario)
"I handled color as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethic and aesthetics as one". Josef Albers cit. in K.Kuh, The artist'a voice, p. 11-12
On the contrary, the distinctive trait of every Homage to the Square is not in the aseptic conformity to a rule, but in the magnetic energy which it irradiates, in the evocative force, in the honesty and the authenticity that has been conferred to it by the moral rigor of its creator and by his profound respect for art as an eminently human activity, from which the growth of the individual and the development of society depend on.
Marco Pierini, A spiritual documentation of life, in Josef Albers, Modena, Galleria Civica di Modena e Palazzina dei Giardini, 2011-2012, exhibition catalogue, p. 32
“Gestivo il colore nello stesso modo che un uomo dovrebbe comportarsi. Si potrebbe dire che considero l’etica e l’estetica un tutt’uno” Josef Albers cit. in K.Kuh, The artist'a voice, p. 11-12
Al contrario, il tratto distintivo di ogni Homage to the square non risiede nell'asettica conformita' a una regola, bensi' nell'energia magnetica che irradia, nella forza evocativa, nella sincerita' e nell'autenticita' conferitegli dal rigore morale del suo artefice e dal suo profondo rispetto per l'arte come attivita' eminentemente umana, dalla quale dipende la crescita dell'individuo e lo sviluppo della societa'.
Marco Pierini, A spiritual documentation of life, in Josef Albers, Modena, Galleria Civica di Modena e Palazzina dei Giardini, 2011-2012, exhibition catalogue, p. 32