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Josef Albers

Gay Desert

signed with the artist's monogram and dated 48-53 (lower right); signed, titled and dated 48-53 (on the reverse)

oil on Masonite

14¼ by 27 in.

36.2 by 68.6 cm.


This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Josef Albers currently being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and is registered under JAAF 1948.1.24.

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Josef Albers
Gay Desert

signed with the artist's monogram and dated 48-53 (lower right); signed, titled and dated 48-53 (on the reverse)

oil on Masonite

14¼ by 27 in.

36.2 by 68.6 cm.


This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Josef Albers currently being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and is registered under JAAF 1948.1.24.

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Florence Knoll Bassett, Coral Gables (acquired from the above in 1956)

Phillips New York, 13 November 2019, lot 139 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibition

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Josef & Anni Albers, Paintings, Tapestries & Woven Textiles, July - August 1953, no. 33, p. 6