JOSEF ALBERS (American, 1888-1976). Study for Homage to the Square: Stucco Setting, 1958. Oil on board. 29-1/2 x 29-1/2 ...

Description

JOSEF ALBERS (American, 1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Stucco Setting, 1958
Oil on board
29-1/2 x 29-1/2 inches (74.9 x 74.9 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right
Titled, signed, dated and inscribed in ink on the reverse

PROVENANCE:
Sidney Janis Gallery (label on the reverse)
Private Collection, Dallas (acquired from the above)

EXHIBITED:
Northampton, Massachusetts Smith College Museum of Art, Josef Albers, February 5 - 23, 1964, cat. no. 6 (not illustrated)
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Albers -- Homage to the Square. 40 New Paintings, September 28 October 24, 1964, not illustrated
Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati, Josef Albers, not illustrated [incorrectly dated 1961 in catalogue]. Exhibition organized by the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati; traveled to Boise Art Association, Boise, Idaho, August 24 - September 24, 1965; Contemporary Art Association, Houston, Texas, October 1 - November 3, 1965; Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 14 - December 14, 1965; Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, December 23, 1965 - March 15, 1966; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 12 - May 16, 1966; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1 - July 14, 1966

NOTE:
We want to thank the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation for the assistance to catalogue this lot.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Josef Albers.

More information about JOSEF ALBERS. See also: Albers, Josef, Albers, Joseph, Josef Albers Artist.



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