JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A71' (lower right)
oil on Masonite
40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Provenance
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2015
Literature
C. Darwent, Josef Albers Life and Work, New York and London, 2018, pp. 36 and 39, no. 11C (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery; Dublin, National Gallery of Modern Art; Coventry, Mead Gallery Arts Centre; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art; Norfolk Institute of Art, Norwich Gallery, Josef Albers February-November 1994, p. 59, no. 49.
Château de Plieux, Josef Albers au Chateau de Plieux, July-September 1998, p. 48, no. 54.
Bottrop Museum, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Letze Bilder: Ad Reinhardt September 2010-January 2011, p. 127, no. 127 (illustrated and illustrated in the frontispiece).
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Josef Albers February-March 2012, no. 21 (illustrated).
Paris, Grand Palais, Un Siècle de Lumière et de Mouvement dans l'Art 1913-2013, April-July 2013, p. 211, no. 125 (illustrated).
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Josef Albers Minimal Means, Maximum Effect, March-July 2014, p. 160, no. 109 (illustrated).
Høvikodden, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Josef Albers no tricks, no twinkling of the eyes, September-December 2014, pp. 91 and 192 (illustrated).
Post Lot Text
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.