Lot Essay
This work is to be included in the forthcoming 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: Mild Signal
Details
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Mild Signal
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A66' (lower right); signed, titled, dedicated and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square: Mild Signal, Albers 1966, for Gene Kloszewski, May 1970 J.A', and further annotated for colour (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
17¾ x 17¾in. (45 x 45cm.)
Painted in 1966
Study for Homage to the Square: Mild Signal
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A66' (lower right); signed, titled, dedicated and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square: Mild Signal, Albers 1966, for Gene Kloszewski, May 1970 J.A', and further annotated for colour (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
17¾ x 17¾in. (45 x 45cm.)
Painted in 1966
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Gene Kloszewski, New Haven, May 1970.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 15 February 1989, lot 67.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 15 February 1989, lot 67.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
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