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Property from the Esteemed Collection of Dr. John T. O’Neal, Boston
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: In Command
Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: In Command
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A63' (lower right); signed, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square: "In Command" Albers 1963' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Study for Homage to the Square: In Command
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A63' (lower right); signed, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square: "In Command" Albers 1963' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Gimpel Fils, London, 1965
Sigmund E. Edelstone, Chicago
His estate sale; Christie's, New York, 1 November 1984, lot 12
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection, Chicago, by June 1999
Obelisk Gallery, Boston
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2009
Gimpel Fils, London, 1965
Sigmund E. Edelstone, Chicago
His estate sale; Christie's, New York, 1 November 1984, lot 12
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection, Chicago, by June 1999
Obelisk Gallery, Boston
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2009
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Albers: Homage to the Square; 40 New Paintings by Josef Albers, September-October 1964.
Zürich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie and London, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Josef Albers: Homage to the Square, June-October 1965, n.p., no. 10 (titled Homage to the Square: In Command).
Zürich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie and London, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Josef Albers: Homage to the Square, June-October 1965, n.p., no. 10 (titled Homage to the Square: In Command).
Further details
This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Josef Albers currently being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation under number JAAF 1963.1.21.
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Kathryn Marber
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