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Property of an East Coast Collector

Josef Albers

Adobe/Variant

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an East Coast Collector

Josef Albers

1888 - 1976


Adobe/Variant

signed with the artist's monogram and dated 47 (lower right)

oil on paper

17⅛ by 24 in.

43.5 by 61 cm.

Executed in 1947.


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 1947.2.8.

Please note the correct title for this lot is Adobe/Variant. Please also refer to sothebys.com for updated provenance on this lot.

Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired directly from the artist in 1947)

Private Collection, United States

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Getulio Alviani, ed., Josef Albers, Milan, 1988, no. 171, p. 116, illustrated in color