Treble Clef G N

Details

Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Treble Clef G N
titled 'G-N' (lower left); signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A 32-35' (lower right)
gouache and graphite on paper
14 ½ x 8 ¼ in. (36.8 x 21 cm.)
Executed in 1932-1935.

Provenance

Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

J. Coplans, “Josef Albers,” Serial Imagery, exh. cat., Pasadena Museum of Art, 1968, p. 47 (illustrated).

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“In my work I am content to compete with myself and to search with simple palette and with simple color for manifold instrumentation. So I dare further variants.” — Josef Albers

This work is to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation as No. 1976.2.207.

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