Lot 184
  • 184

Josef Albers

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Josef Albers
  • Study to Homage to the Square: Auric
  • signed with the artist's monogram and dated 57; signed, titled, and dated 1957 on the reverse
  • oil on masonite

  • 16 by 16 in. 40.6 by 40.6 cm.

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Toronto

Exhibited

Stockholm, Galerie BurĂ©n, Josef Albers, January - February 1964, no. 4

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of very light wear and handling along the edges. There is a 3 inch linear vertical section along the extreme right edge that fluoresces darkly under Ultraviolet inspection. Framed.
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