Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: "Late Sound"
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Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 EUR
Lot Details
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Josef Albers
1888 - 1976
Study for Homage to the Square: “Late Sound"
bears the artist's monogram and dated 57 (lower right); signed, titled and dated 1957 (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite, in artist’s chosen frame
76,2 x 76,2 cm ; 30 x 30 in.
Executed in 1957.
This work is included in the Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and is registered under number JAAF 1957.1.1.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1960
Private Collection, Beverly Hills
Pace Wildenstein, New York
Archeus Fine Art, London
Private Collection, Switzerland
Waddington Custot Galleries, London
David Zwirner, London
Private Collection (acquired from the above 15 October 2019)
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above)
New York, Katonah Gallery, Albers, 1 April–15 May 1962, no. 1
Boston, The Pace Gallery, Josef Albers at the Pace Gallery, 5–24 November 1962 (titled Late Sound and dated 1957)
Washington DC, Duncan Phillips Gallery, Paintings by Josef Albers, 28 January–28 February 1962
Northampton, MA, Smith College Museum of Art, An Exhibition of the Works of Josef Albers, 5–23 February 1964, no. 1
New York, Museum of Modern Art; St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum; Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum; Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, February 1965-January 1966, The Responsive Eye, no. 4
Easton, PA, Lafayette College; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Icon Idea, October 1968-July 1969, no. 3
Hovikodden, Norway, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Josef Albers: Minimal Means, Maximum Effect, September-December 2014