Live Auction 2220Post-War & Contemporary Morning Session
Christie’s roundel
Lot 126 Property from the Estate of Bill Bass, Chicago

Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Black Wall: Variant

Closed11 November 2009

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USD 158,500

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Black Wall: Variant
signed with monogram and dated 'A48-55' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again '"Black Wall" Albers--'48-55' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
23¾ x 34¾ in. (60.5 x 87.5 cm.)
Painted in 1948-1955.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Bill Bass collection, Chicago
By descent to the present owner

Specialist note

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