Study for Homage to the Square: Coniferous

Details

Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Coniferous
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A58' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square: "Coniferaus" Albers 1958' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1958.

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Jay R. Braus, New York
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1977

Literature

A. Temkin, Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950-Today, New York, 2008, p. 18 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited

Josef Albers: Homage to the Square, traveling exhibition organized by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, March 1964-August 1965, no. 5.
Yonkers, The Hudson River Museum, Art in Westchester, September-November 1969.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Recent Acquisitions, Fall 1978.

Sale Room Notice

Please note that this work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.