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Lot 505 D

Josef Albers - Homage to the square

Auction 989 - overview Cologne
03.12.2011, 00:00 - Contemporary Art
Estimate: 130.000 € - 160.000 €
Result: 145.200 € (incl. premium)

Josef Albers

Homage to the square
1966

Oil on masonite. 40 x 40 cm.

The present work served as a prototype for the print SP-J, 1971 (Danilowitz 209), of the portfolio Spiegel 70, portfolio with 14 prints by several artists, published on the occasion of the 25-year anniversary of the Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, 1970.

Certificate

The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings by Josef Albers under the number 1966.1.6.

Provenance

Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne (with verso labels on the masonite and on the verso frame slats); Galerie Teufel, Cologne/Koblenz (with verso label, with incorrect dating there); Christies London, 1. July 1999, lot 725 (with verso label, with incorrect dating there); private collection, Germany

Exhibitions

Frankfurt 1983 (Frankfurter Kunstverein), Kunst nach '45 aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz, exhib.cat. p. 403, with col.ill. on the cover and p.30 with full page col.ill. (erroneously described oil on canvas) Düsseldorf 1970 (Städtische Kunsthalle), Josef Albers (with verso label)