Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation.
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Property from the Collection of Maximilian Schell
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Variant: Chalk Green Façade
Details
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Variant: Chalk Green Façade
signed with monogram and dated 'A60' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again '"Chalk Green Façade" Albers 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
28 x 40½ in. (71.1 x 102.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
Variant: Chalk Green Façade
signed with monogram and dated 'A60' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again '"Chalk Green Façade" Albers 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
28 x 40½ in. (71.1 x 102.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., The Washington Gallery of Modern Art; New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Art; Santa Barbara, University of California Art Gallery and Waltham, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Josef Albers: The American Years, October 1965-October 1966, pp. 25 and 46, no. 33 (illustrated in color).
Munich, Villa Stuck, Anni und Josef Albers, Eine Retrospektive, December 1989-February 1990, pp. 128 and 138, no. 93 (illustrated in color).
Munich, Villa Stuck, Anni und Josef Albers, Eine Retrospektive, December 1989-February 1990, pp. 128 and 138, no. 93 (illustrated in color).