JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

Lot 115
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ID 820902
Lot 115 | JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

Study for Homage to the Square: Budding

incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A58' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square: "Budding" Albers 1958' (on the reverse)

oil on Masonite

24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)

Painted in 1958.





Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

The Museum Shop, New York

Oscar Piagentini, Inc., New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1972



Exhibited

Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Paintings by Josef Albers, January - February 1962.

Katonah Gallery, Albers, April - May 1962, no. 8 (illustrated).

Boston, The Pace Gallery, Josef Albers at the Pace Gallery, November 1962.

Zurich, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover; London, Gimpel Fils, Ltd., Josef Albers: Homage to the Square, June - October 1965, no. 5 (illustrated).



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 JAAF 1958.1.5.
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