Josef Albers

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

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Description

Josef Albers
Homage to the Square: Renewed Hope (A)
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 60; signed, titled and dated 1960 on the reverse
oil on masonite
24 by 24 in. 61 by 61 cm.

Provenance

Mrs. Marcia Bella Broner, Stuttgart
Thence by descent to the present owner

Catalogue Note

Though the underlying symmetrical and quasi-concentric order of squares remains the same in all paintings - in proporation and placement - these same squares group or single themeselves, connect and separate in many different ways. In consequence, they move forth and back, in and out, and grow up and down near and far...
Josef Albers