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Study for Homage to the Square: Established
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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Established
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A61' (lower right); signed and dated 'Albers 1961' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
32 x 32 in. (81.2 x 81.2 cm.)
Painted in 1961
Study for Homage to the Square: Established
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A61' (lower right); signed and dated 'Albers 1961' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
32 x 32 in. (81.2 x 81.2 cm.)
Painted in 1961
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.
Galerie Denis Rene, Paris.
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 26 February 2007, lot 161.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Denis Rene, Paris.
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 26 February 2007, lot 161.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Albers, 1961, no.13.
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Josef Albers: Retrospective Exhibition, 1962, no. 42.
Essen, Folkwang Museum, Josef Albers, 1963, no. 35.
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Josef Albers, 1964, no. 163.
Boston, Boston University, School of Fine Arts, American Artists of the 1960s, 1970.
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Josef Albers: Retrospective Exhibition, 1962, no. 42.
Essen, Folkwang Museum, Josef Albers, 1963, no. 35.
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Josef Albers, 1964, no. 163.
Boston, Boston University, School of Fine Arts, American Artists of the 1960s, 1970.
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Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Josef Albers Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by The Anni and Josef Albers Foundation.
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