ID 908037
Los 33 | JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Schätzwert
£ 300 000 – 500 000
Study for Homage to the Square ‘Greek Tragedy’
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A61' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square "Greek Tragedy" Albers' 1961' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
29 7/8 x 29 7/8in. (76 x 76cm.)
Painted in 1961
Provenance
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the above in 1973).
Galleria Peccolo, Livorno.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1990.
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Albers, 1973, no. 23 (incorrectly titled).
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Post Lot Text
This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Josef Albers currently being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation under number 1961.1.139.
| Künstler: | Josef Albers (1888 - 1976) |
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| Angewandte Technik: | Öl, Gemalt |
| Kunst Stil: | Nachkriegskunst |
| Herkunftsort: | Westeuropa, Deutschland, Europa |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Gemälde |
| Künstler: | Josef Albers (1888 - 1976) |
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| Angewandte Technik: | Öl, Gemalt |
| Kunst Stil: | Nachkriegskunst |
| Herkunftsort: | Westeuropa, Deutschland, Europa |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Gemälde |
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