Contemporary Curated

Josef Albers

Homage to the Square

Auction Closed

March 9, 09:07 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Josef Albers

1888 - 1976

Homage to the Square

incised with the artist's monogram and date 67 (lower right)

oil on Masonite

28 by 28 in.

71.1 by 71.1 cm

Executed in 1967.

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 as JAAF 1976.1.739. Please note, the inscriptions on the reverse of the painting were not written by Josef Albers.

Estate of the artist

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Edward Totah Gallery, London

Galerie Hedrien-Thomas, Paris

Christie’s London, 7 February, 2008, lot 168

Private Collection

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Albers, February - March 1986, no. 15