Josef Albers

Study for Homage to the Square

signed with the artist’s monogram and dated 70 (lower right); titled and variously inscribed (on the reverse)

oil on Masonite

24 by 24 in.

60.9 by 60.9 cm.

Executed in 1970. 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 as JAAF 1976.1.508

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Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square

signed with the artist’s monogram and dated 70 (lower right); titled and variously inscribed (on the reverse)

oil on Masonite

24 by 24 in.

60.9 by 60.9 cm.

Executed in 1970. 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 as JAAF 1976.1.508

Provenance

Josef Albers Foundation

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired in 1986)

Edward Totah Gallery, London (acquired in 1987)

Private Collection, Milan (acquired after 1987)

Sotheby's Milan, 24 May 2012, lot 27 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibition

Montreal, Galerie Esperanza, Josef Albers: Homage to the Square: Works from the 50's, 60's, and 70's, October - November 1985

London, Edward Totah Gallery, Josef Albers, May - July 1988

Literature

Getulio Alviani, Josef Albers, Milan 1988, no. 271, p. 105 and p. 183, illustrated in color