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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Lot 151 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION 

Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Study for Homage to the Square: Unexpected Turn

Closed11 November 2010

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Unexpected Turn
signed, titled and dated 'Study for Homage to the Square "Unexpected Turn" Albers 1959' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1959.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston
Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 6 May 1987, lot 128
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation.