Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Lot 305

Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Homage to the Square: Blond Autumn

Closed11 November 2015

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Blond Autumn
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A62' (lower right); signed, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square: Blond Autumn Albers 1962' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1962.

Galerie Reckermann, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

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

“The strictness of the man and his theory are at every point tempered by his passion and warmth, by his dedication to communicating a wide range of humanistic moods and feelings to his audience, the intelligently sensible.” -Henry Geldzahler
(Henry Geldzahler, quoted in Josef Albers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art : An Exhibition of His Paintings and Prints, New York: 1971, p. 4.)