Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Budding
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A58' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square: "Budding" Albers 1958' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1958.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
The Museum Shop, New York
Oscar Piagentini, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1972
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Paintings by Josef Albers January - February 1962.
Katonah Gallery, Albers, April - May 1962, no. 8 (illustrated).
Boston, The Pace Gallery, Josef Albers at the Pace Gallery, November 1962.
Zurich, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover; London, Gimpel Fils, Ltd., Josef Albers Homage to the Square, June - October 1965, no. 5 (illustrated).
Post lot text
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 1958.1.5.
Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Budding
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A58' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square: "Budding" Albers 1958' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1958.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
The Museum Shop, New York
Oscar Piagentini, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1972
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Paintings by Josef Albers January - February 1962.
Katonah Gallery, Albers, April - May 1962, no. 8 (illustrated).
Boston, The Pace Gallery, Josef Albers at the Pace Gallery, November 1962.
Zurich, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover; London, Gimpel Fils, Ltd., Josef Albers Homage to the Square, June - October 1965, no. 5 (illustrated).
Post lot text
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 1958.1.5.
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