Contemporary Art Day Auction

Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Josef Albers

Homage to the Square: Autumn Air

Lot Closed

October 15, 02:59 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Josef Albers

1888 - 1976

Homage to the Square: Autumn Air


signed with the artist's monogram and dated 68; signed, titled, dated 1968 and variously inscribed on the reverse

oil on masonite

60.5 by 60.5 cm. 23⅞ by 23⅞ in.

framed: 62.1 by 62.1 cm. 24½  by 24½ in.


This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and is registered under JAAF 1968.1.33.

Paul Falkenberg (acquired directly from the artist)
Christie’s, New York, 12 November 1986, Lot 11
Private Collection
Sotheby’s, London, 27 June 1996, Lot 177
Acquired from the above by the present owner