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Josef Albers

Bottrop 1888 – 1976 New Haven, Connecticut

Color study for ”Homage to the Square”. Circa 1964-74

Oil and graphite on cardboard. 35,3 × 17,9 cm (13 ⅞ × 7 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Josef Albers. Color study for ”Homage to the Square”. Circa 1964-74.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Josef Albers. Color study for ”Homage to the Square”. Circa 1964-74.
This picture shows the following artwork: Josef Albers. Color study for ”Homage to the Square”. Circa 1964-74.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Josef Albers. Color study for ”Homage to the Square”. Circa 1964-74.
This picture shows the following artwork: Josef Albers. Color study for ”Homage to the Square”. Circa 1964-74.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Josef Albers. Color study for ”Homage to the Square”. Circa 1964-74.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 58,800

 

- 82,400

Auction 377

Friday, 05.06.2026, 4:00 PM

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Oil and graphite on cardboard. 35,3 × 17,9 cm (13 ⅞ × 7 in.). Below the image on the right, inscribed in pencil with abbreviations of the colors used: 3w 5XI 4c. On the reverse, inscribed in pencil with the former inventory number of the Albers Foundation: BPS 164. On the backing board of the frame, a label from Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, an exhibition label from the Kunstmuseum Basel, and a label from the Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut, with the printed archive number. The work is registered in the archives of the Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut, under the number 1976.2.164. [3010]

We would like to thank Jeannette Redensek, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut, for kindly providing additional information.

Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany-Conneticut / Private Collection, Berlin (acquired at Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne)

Josef Albers. Marfa, TX, Chinati Foundation; Hartford, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford und Hartford School of Art; Southampton, Parrish Art Museum, 1991-93, cat.-no. 50, ill. p. 56 / Farbe, Material, Raum. Bottrop, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, 2008 / Malerei auf Papier. Josef Albers in Amerika. Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung; Bottrop, Josef-Albers-Museum Quadrat; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou; Lissabon, CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian; New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, 2010-12, ill. p. 104 / Josef Albers: Paintings on Paper. Düsseldorf, Schönewald Fine Arts; München, Galerie Fred Jahn, 2014-15

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