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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Lot 214Property from the Colin Family Collection

Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Homage to the Square: Restrained Glow

Fermé11 May 2016

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Restrained Glow
signed with the artist's initial and dated 'A 51' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square 'Restrained Glow' Albers '51' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite in artist's frame
24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1951.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1952

Note du spécialiste

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

'I know my interest in color comes from handling color for years... I like to believe that in playing with color combinations I came across a promising accident (as happens sometimes) and I did not overlook it but tried to articulate it... I’ll continue as long as I am able. Not because of the squares but because there is no end with color' (J. Albers, quoted in J.H. Holloway and J.A. Weil, ‘A Conversation with Josef Albers’, in Leonardo, vol. 3, no. 4, October 1970, pp. 462-463).