Sale 1659
New York
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10 May 2006
Price realised
USD 240,000
Estimate
Josef Albers (1888-1976) Untitled (Homage to the Square) signed with monogram and dated 'A69' (lower right) oil on masonite 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.) Painted in 1969.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 6 May 1992, lot 294 Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner
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This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation.
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