Lot Essay
The work is registered in the catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Josef Albers as 1959.1.12.
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A Family Vision: The Collection of H. S. H. Princess “Titi” von Fürstenberg
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Intersecting
Details
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Intersecting
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A 59' (lower right); signed, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square: "Intersecting" Albers 1959' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Homage to the Square: Intersecting
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A 59' (lower right); signed, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square: "Intersecting" Albers 1959' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Galerie Agnès Lefort, Montreal
Private collection, Montreal
Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21 May 1975, lot 174
Cecil “Titi” Blaffer von Fürstenberg, Houston
By descent from the above to the present owners
Galerie Agnès Lefort, Montreal
Private collection, Montreal
Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21 May 1975, lot 174
Cecil “Titi” Blaffer von Fürstenberg, Houston
By descent from the above to the present owners
Literature
J. R. Mellow, ed., "Arts Yearbook 7: New York: The Art World," New York: The Arts Digest, 1964, p. 74 (illustrated).
Arts Magazine, vol. 39, no. 4, January 1965 (illustrated on the cover).
Arts Magazine, vol. 39, no. 4, January 1965 (illustrated on the cover).
Exhibited
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Josef Albers: Retrospective Exhibition, February-March 1962, no. 32.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Some Ideas of Space in Contemporary Art, November 1963-January 1964.
Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center; Boise Art Association; Houston, Contemporary Art Association; New Orleans, Newcomb College; Fort Worth Art Center; Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center and Cleveland Museum of Art, Paintings by Josef Albers, May 1965-July 1966.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Some Ideas of Space in Contemporary Art, November 1963-January 1964.
Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center; Boise Art Association; Houston, Contemporary Art Association; New Orleans, Newcomb College; Fort Worth Art Center; Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center and Cleveland Museum of Art, Paintings by Josef Albers, May 1965-July 1966.
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