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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

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10.03.2023 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 921063
Lot 133 | JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

Study for Homage to the Square: Red V.M.

incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A69' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square: "Red V.M." Albers 1969' (on the reverse)

oil on Masonite

15 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (40.5 x 40.5 cm.)

Painted in 1969.





Provenance

Noah Goldowsky Fine Arts, New York

Private collection, Miami Beach

Private collection, Paris

Waddington Galleries Ltd., London

Private collection

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 March 2021, lot 421

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Exhibited

New York, Noah Goldowsky Fine Arts, Josef Albers: Paintings, November-December 1971.



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 1969.1.4.
Artist:Josef Albers (1888 - 1976)
Art style:Post War Art
Auction house category:Paintings
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