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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Lot 307 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CORPORATE COLLECTION

JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)

Homage to the Square: Osmosis

Closed14 October 2022

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GBP 403,200

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JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Osmosis
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A59' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Homage to the Square: "Osmosis" Albers 1959'; inscribed with a handwritten description of media used (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
40 x 40in. (101.6 x 101.6cm.)
Painted in 1959

André and Connie Emmerich Collection, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1960).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 November 1993, lot 265 (incorrectly illustrated as lot 323A).
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Galeria Elvira González, Madrid.
Waddington Galleries, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001.