Lot Essay
This work is to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being prepared by the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation.
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Study for Homage to the Square: Evident
Details
Joseph Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Evident
signed with the artist's initial and dated 'A 60' (lower right); signed, titled, dated and further annotated for colour 'Study to [sic] Homage to Square; "Evident" Albers '1960' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
30 x 30in. (76.3 x 76.3cm.)
Painted in 1960
Study for Homage to the Square: Evident
signed with the artist's initial and dated 'A 60' (lower right); signed, titled, dated and further annotated for colour 'Study to [sic] Homage to Square; "Evident" Albers '1960' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
30 x 30in. (76.3 x 76.3cm.)
Painted in 1960
Provenance
Galerie Müller, Stuttgart.
Galerie Denise René-Hans Mayer, Krefeld.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 26 October 1989, lot 344.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1996.
Galerie Denise René-Hans Mayer, Krefeld.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 26 October 1989, lot 344.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1996.
Exhibited
Dusseldorf, Städlische Kunsthalle, Josef Albers, 1970, no. 42.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.