Josef Albers

Galerie Beyeler, Basel. (acquired directly from the artist in 1972)
Quinta Galeria, Bogotá
Private Collection, Panama

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Albers, 1973, no. 56
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Josef Albers, 1973, no. 20
Paris, Galerie Melki, Josef Albers, 1973, no. 20
Munich, Villa Stuck; Bottrop, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Anni und Josef Albers: Eine Retrospektive, 1989-1990, no. 102 
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Dream of the Absolute, 1994, no. 2
Sapporo, Museum of Modern Art; Nagasaki, Huis Ten Bosh Museum of Modern Art; Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum of Modern Art, Exhibition from Swiss Private Collection, 1996, p. 137, no. 60
New York, Gana Art Gallery, From Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism, 1996

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly richer and deeper in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. On very close examination, there are a few small spots of wear around the four extreme edges. There is a very small light rub mark to the white pigment in the top right corner. Under ultraviolet light, two patches of pigment fluoresce: one to the centre of the lower part of the green square, the other to the top left corner in the pale grey pigment.
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'The Homages shimmer in their clarity and richness, evincing the mysterious poetry that makes them such sacred icons that now rivet audiences all over the world and provide a bounty of inspiration that only grows with time.'
Nicholas Fox Weber in: Exhibition Catalogue, London, Waddington Galleries, Josef Albers works on paper and paintings, 2007, p. 7

This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Josef Albers currently being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation