Josef Albers (1888-1976)

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Hommage to the Square: Slate Against Sky

signed with monogram and dated 62; signed again, inscribed with title and dated on the reverse 1962, oil on masonite
40 x 40in. (101.6 x 101.6cm.)

Executed in 1962

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Caracas, Galaria Mandors, Josef Albers: Hommage to the Square, March 1964; this exhibition travelled to Montevideo, Centro de Artes y Letras April-May 1964; Buenos Aires, Instituto Torcuato de Tella, June -July 1964; Lima, Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, Sept.-Oct 1964; Rio de Janeiro Instituto Brasil Estados-Unidos, Nov. 1964; Sao Paulo, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Dec.1964; Guataquil, Casa De La Cultura, Jan.1965; USIS, Gaayaquil de Cultura Ecuadoriana, Feb.1965; Bogota, Binational Center, US Embassy, Feb.-March 1965; Mexico City, Museo de Arte y Ciencias de la Universidad, July-August 1965; Knoxville, Dulin Gallery of Art, Oct.-Nov. 1965; this exhibition travelled to Huntingdon, Huntingdon Galleries, Nov.-Dec.1965; Rochester, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Jan.-Feb.1966; Oswego, State University College, Feb.- March 1966; Atlanta, Atlanta Art Association , March-April 1966; San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, May-June 1966; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, July-August 1966; Madison, Madison Art Center, October, 1966; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Nov.-Dec.1966; Wichita, Wichita Art Museum, January 1967
New York, Museum of Modern Art, no.63.1149
New York, American Federation of Arts, The Square in Painting, October 1968-October 1969, no.68.4
Brussels, Societe Des Expositions Du Palais Des Beaux-Arts, A.S.B.L. American Art in Belgium, May-August 1977

Lot Essay

The artist has inscribed on the reverse the various paints used in the execution of this picture.

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