JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

Lot 33
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ID 908037
Lot 33 | JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

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).



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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.
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