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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Lot 279 Property from the Paul and Helen Zuckerman Collection

Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Homage to the Square: Gobelin

Closed15 November 2012

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Gobelin
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A 62' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square: "Gobelin" Albers 1962' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1962.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private collection, West Orange, New Jersey
Private collection, Beverly Hills
Oscar Piagentini, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1976

Specialist note

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