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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Study for Homage to the Square: Yellow Green, Two Middle Greens, Light Cobalt Green
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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Yellow Green, Two Middle Greens, Light Cobalt Green
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A55' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square Albers 1955' (on the reverse)
oil on aluminum
18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1955.
Study for Homage to the Square: Yellow Green, Two Middle Greens, Light Cobalt Green
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A55' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square Albers 1955' (on the reverse)
oil on aluminum
18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1955.
Provenance
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1970
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1970
Exhibited
Hagen, Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Josef Albers, January-February 1957, no. 63.
Kunstverein Freiburg, Josef Albers. Zum 70. Geburstag, March-April 1958, no. 53.
Zurich, Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Josef Albers, January 1960, no. 23.
Kunstverein Freiburg, Josef Albers. Zum 70. Geburstag, March-April 1958, no. 53.
Zurich, Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Josef Albers, January 1960, no. 23.
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