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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Lot 14 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION

Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Study For Homage to the Square: R – III a – 6

Closed13 February 2014

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GBP 986,500

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study For Homage to the Square: R – III a – 6
signed with the artist’s monogram and dated ‘68’ (lower right);
signed, titled and dated ‘Study for Homage to the Square R-III a-6 Albers’ 1968’ (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
32 x 32in. (81.3 x 81.3cm.)
Painted in 1968

The Artist.
Maximilian Schell, Preitenegg (acquired directly from the artist, December 1972).
Erna Baumbauer, Siegsdorf (acquired from the above, December 1990) and thence by descent to the present owner in September 1995.

Specialist note

‘If one says ‘Red’ (the name of a color) and there are 50 people listening, it can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different’ (J. Albers, quoted in Formulation: Articulation, New York 2006, p. 21).