Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation.
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Homage to the Square: Desert Blooming
Details
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Desert Blooming
signed with monogram and dated 'A62' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square: Desert Blooming Albers 1962' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Homage to the Square: Desert Blooming
signed with monogram and dated 'A62' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square: Desert Blooming Albers 1962' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1972
Galleria Internazionale, Milan, 1973
Anon. sale; Arte Moderna, 10 November 1994, lot 248
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 20 November 1998, lot 889
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1972
Galleria Internazionale, Milan, 1973
Anon. sale; Arte Moderna, 10 November 1994, lot 248
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 20 November 1998, lot 889
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Albers, March-April 1973, no. 24.