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 AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Temperate
Details
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Temperate
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A64' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'Study for Homage to the Square: "Temperate" Albers 1964' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1964.
Study for Homage to the Square: Temperate
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A64' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'Study for Homage to the Square: "Temperate" Albers 1964' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1964.
Provenance
The Estate of Josef and Anni Albers, Bethany, Connecticut
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut
PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut
PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003
Exhibited
London, Waddington Galleries, Josef Albers: Homage to the Square, Paintings and Photographs (1928-1938), March-April 2001, p. 21, no. 11 (illustrated).
New York, PaceWildenstein, Josef Albers: Homage to Color, May-June 2003, p. 28, no. 2 (illustrated).
New York, PaceWildenstein, Josef Albers: Homage to Color, May-June 2003, p. 28, no. 2 (illustrated).