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Property from the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square
Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A52' (lower right); dated again '1954' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite, in artist's frame
Masonite: 21 x 21 in. (53.3 x 53.3 cm.)
overall: 29 x 29 in. (73.7 x 73.7 cm.)
Painted in 1952-1954.
Homage to the Square
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A52' (lower right); dated again '1954' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite, in artist's frame
Masonite: 21 x 21 in. (53.3 x 53.3 cm.)
overall: 29 x 29 in. (73.7 x 73.7 cm.)
Painted in 1952-1954.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1986
Edward Totah Gallery, New York
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1986
Edward Totah Gallery, New York
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989
Literature
G. Alviani, ed., Josef Albers, Milan, 1988, p. 136, no. 202 (illustrated; dated 1952).
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Paintings by Albers, October-November 1984, n.p. no. 3 (dated 1952).
Coral Gables, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Josef Albers: Homage to the Square and Structural Constellations, May-June 1986.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Non-Objective World Revisited, July-October 1988, pp. 10-11, no. 1 (illustrated; dated 1952).
Kitakyushu, Municipal Museum of Art, Art After World War II: From the Collection of the Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, May-June 1991.
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Josef Albers: Pedagogical Experiments, July-November 2023, p. 150, no. 3.2 (illustrated).
Coral Gables, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Josef Albers: Homage to the Square and Structural Constellations, May-June 1986.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Non-Objective World Revisited, July-October 1988, pp. 10-11, no. 1 (illustrated; dated 1952).
Kitakyushu, Municipal Museum of Art, Art After World War II: From the Collection of the Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, May-June 1991.
Sakura City, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Josef Albers: Pedagogical Experiments, July-November 2023, p. 150, no. 3.2 (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 1976.1.1327.
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