Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Study for Homage to the Square: Duet in 3 Colors

Details

Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Duet in 3 Colors
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A71' (lower right); titled 'Study for Homage to the Square Duet in 3 Colors' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
30 x 30in. (76.2 x 76.2cm.)
Executed in 1971

Provenance

Estate of Josef Albers.
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut.
Galerie Denise René, Paris.
Galerie de France, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1980s.

Exhibited

Cairo, U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, 1982.

Further Details

This work will be included in the forthcoming Josef Albers Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by The Anni and Josef Albers Foundation.

Sale Room Notice

Please note that the present work is titled Study for Homage to the Square: Duet in 3 Colors and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

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Lot Essay

‘We are able to hear a single tone. But we almost never (that is without special devises) see a single color unconnected and unrelated to other colors. Colors present themselves in continuous flux, constantly related to changing neighbors and changing conditions.’
(J. Albers, Interaction of Color, New Haven 1971, p. 5)

Study for Homage to the Square: Duet in 3 Colors

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