Josef Albers

Gimpel Fils, Ltd., London
Acquired by the present owner from the above in October 1968

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Albers, March - April 1961
London, Gimpel Fils, Ltd., Albers, July - August 1961, cat. no. 22

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling to the edges, resulting in some minor discoloration to the white margins. There is a minor white abrasion at the bottom of the work toward the right side and some scattered accretions barely visible under normal light conditions which fluoresce brightly under ultraviolet light, but there is no evidence of restoration. Framed. Please note the auction begins at 9:00 am on November 12th.
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"The painter chooses to articulate with or in color. Some painters consider color an accompaniment of, and therefore subordinate to, form or other pictorial content. To others, and today again, in an increasing number, color is the structural means of their pictorial idiom. Here color becomes autonomic. My paintings are presentative in the latter direction. I am interested particularly in the psychic effect-aesthetic experience caused by the interaction of colors." - Josef Albers