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Homage to the Square: Amber Setting
Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Amber Setting
incised with the artist’s monogram and date ‘A59’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated ‘Homage to the Square: “Amber Setting” Albers 1959’ (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Homage to the Square: Amber Setting
incised with the artist’s monogram and date ‘A59’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated ‘Homage to the Square: “Amber Setting” Albers 1959’ (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Rosenthal, Cincinnati, 1959
George S. Rosenthal, San Francisco, 1960
His sale; Christie’s, New York, 14 May 2009, lot 217
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Rosenthal, Cincinnati, 1959
George S. Rosenthal, San Francisco, 1960
His sale; Christie’s, New York, 14 May 2009, lot 217
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Albers, exh. cat., New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 1961, n.p. (illustrated in situ).
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Albers: Homage to the Square, November-December 1959, n.p., no. 27.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Cincinnati Collects: A Benefit for the Endowment Fund of the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, November 1961, n.p., no. 2 (illustrated).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Cincinnati Collects: A Benefit for the Endowment Fund of the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, November 1961, n.p., no. 2 (illustrated).
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 1959.1.58.
Présenté par
Michael Baptist
Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale