Josef Albers

Orange Façade

Auction Closed

May 18, 09:51 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Boston Collection

Josef Albers

1888 - 1976

Orange Façade

incised with the artist's monogram and dated 59-65 (lower right); signed Albers, titled and dated 1959-65 (on the reverse)

oil on Masonite

24⅛ by 27¾ in.

61.3 by 70.5 cm.

Executed in 1959-65.

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

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 1960 by the present owner

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Recent Paintings by Josef Albers, 1961