JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Desert Glow I
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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Desert Glow I
inscribed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A56' (lower right); signed, titled, inscribed and dated ' Study for Homage to the Square "Desert Glow" I Albers 1956' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
24 x 24in. (60.6 x 60.6cm.)
Executed in 1956
Study for Homage to the Square: Desert Glow I
inscribed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A56' (lower right); signed, titled, inscribed and dated ' Study for Homage to the Square "Desert Glow" I Albers 1956' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
24 x 24in. (60.6 x 60.6cm.)
Executed in 1956
Provenance
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Galerie Melki, Paris.
Galerie Christel, Stockholm.
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above in 1983).
Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 12 September 2012, lot 19.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Private Collection, Belgium.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Galerie Melki, Paris.
Galerie Christel, Stockholm.
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above in 1983).
Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 12 September 2012, lot 19.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Private Collection, Belgium.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibition
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Albers, 1973, no. 7 (incorrectly titled ‘Homage to the Square: Desert Glow I').
Paris, Galerie Melki, Albers, 1973, p. 60, no. 26.
Stockholm, Galerie Christel, Albers: A Collection of Paintings, 1980, p. 23, no. 1.
Paris, Galerie Melki, Albers, 1973, p. 60, no. 26.
Stockholm, Galerie Christel, Albers: A Collection of Paintings, 1980, p. 23, no. 1.
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