Lot Essay
This work is to be included in the forthcoming Josef Albers 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: Earthbound
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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Earthbound
signed, titled, dated and further annotated for colour 'Study to [sic] Homage to the Square "Earthbound" Albers 1959' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 24in. (61 x 61cm.)
Painted in 1959
Study for Homage to the Square: Earthbound
signed, titled, dated and further annotated for colour 'Study to [sic] Homage to the Square "Earthbound" Albers 1959' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 24in. (61 x 61cm.)
Painted in 1959
Provenance
Sydney Janis Gallery, New York (#8991).
Galerie Burén, Stockholm.
Artcurial, Paris (#800618/00).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 24 May 1990, lot 488.
Galerie Burén, Stockholm.
Artcurial, Paris (#800618/00).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 24 May 1990, lot 488.
Exhibited
Stockholm, Galerie Burén, Josef Albers, January-February 1964, no. 8.
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