Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Blue Sound
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A53' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square: "Blue Sound" Albers '53' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1953.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Elinor L. Arnason, Roxbury, Connecticut, acquired from the above, 1959
By descent from the above to the present owner
Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.
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