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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Property from The Museum of Modern Art, sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
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.
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
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.
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.