Lot 164
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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

Study to Homage to the Square: New Signal

Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Study to Homage to the Square: New Signal
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A 58' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Study to Homage to the Square: "New Signal" Albers 1958' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1958.
Provenance
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Conner, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner
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 1958.1.6

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Lot Essay

"Color, in my opinion, behaves like man-in two distinct ways: first in self-realization and then in the realization of relationships with others. In my paintings, I have tried to make two polarities meet-independence and inter- dependence.”
– Josef Albers

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