- 117A
Josef Albers 1888-1976
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Josef Albers
- Study for a Phonograph Record Cover (Blue and Black Squares for Two Pianos)
- collage and pencil on paper
- sight: 10 1/2 by 12 in.
- 26.7 by 30.5 cm.
- Executed in 1961
Provenance
Estate of Enoch Light (sold: Sotheby's, New York, October 19, 1979, lot 2, illustrated)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Catalogue Note
This work has been authenticated by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, as relating to a series of phonograph record covers that Albers designed for the music producer Enoch Light. This particular design was not used; the project is discussed in The Prints of Josef Albers, Appendix B: Record Album Jackets, p.189 ff., and other covers are illustrated.