Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation.
Property from the Collection of Maximilian Schell
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: R-I c-1
Details
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: R-I c-1
signed with monogram and dated 'A69' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square: R-I c-1 Albers 1969' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Homage to the Square: R-I c-1
signed with monogram and dated 'A69' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square: R-I c-1 Albers 1969' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Josef Albers at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: An Exhibition of His Paintings and Prints, 1971, p. 67, no. 85 (illustrated in color.)
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and Bauhaus-Archive Berlin, Josef Albers: A Retrospective, March-October 1988, no. 210 (illustrated in color).
Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Anni und Josef Albers, Eine Retrospektive, December 1989-February 1990, pp. 84 and 139, no. 113 (illustrated in color and on the cover of the catalogue).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and Bauhaus-Archive Berlin, Josef Albers: A Retrospective, March-October 1988, no. 210 (illustrated in color).
Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Anni und Josef Albers, Eine Retrospektive, December 1989-February 1990, pp. 84 and 139, no. 113 (illustrated in color and on the cover of the catalogue).
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