約瑟夫·亞伯斯

Galerie Melki, Paris
Galleria Levi, Milan (acquired by 1973)
Galerie Christel, Stockholm
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 1983

Stockholm, Galerie Christel, Albers: A Collection of Paintings, 1980, no. 14

The board is stable. There are some very small retouchings to the upper edge, not visible when framed, and a tiny area of retouching in the upper right corner, visible under ultra-violet light. Apart from some very minor surface abrasions in the upper left and right corners, this work is in very good condition. Colours: The colours in the printed catalogue illustration are inaccurate. The tones are predominantly orange and ochre, not red and brown as illustrated. Please refer to the online catalogue illustration.
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'All perception of colour is deceiving… We don’t see colours as they really are… This game of colours – the change of identity- is the object of my study' (Josef Albers, quoted in Josef Albers (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, 1989, p. 21).