Lot 725
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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Homage to the Square: Open D

Details
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Open D
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A51' (lower right); titled 'Homage to the Square: Open D' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite in artist's frame
overall: 22 ¼ x 22 ½ in. (56.5 x 57.2 cm.)
Painted in 1951.
Provenance
The Josef Albers Foundation
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private collection
Private collection, Vermont
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 11 May 2016, lot 222
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Albers, February-March 1986, no. 27.

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Lot Essay

The work is registered in the catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Josef Albers as 1976.1.1318.

"Choice of the colors used, as well as their order, is aimed at an interaction—influencing and changing each other forth and back." –Josef Albers

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