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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
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Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Study for Homage to the Square: De Profundo

Fermé16 November 2017

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: De Profundo
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A68' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Study for Homage to the Square "De Profundo" Albers 1965-68' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
32 x 32 in. (81.2 x 81.2 cm.)
Painted in 1965-1968.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, acquired directly from the artist
Galerie Agnès Lefort, Montreal
Private collection, Toronto
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Waddington Galleries, London
Private collection
PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Note du spécialiste

This work is to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation as No. JAAF 1965.1.35.

"They contain simple, great statements such as: I'm standing here. I'm resting here. I'm in the world and on the earth. I'm in no hurry to move on. While Mark Rothko sought transcendence, Albers looked for fulfillment here on earth. Mark Rothko approached the ethereal through art. Josef Albers realized 'the spiritual in art'"
(H. Arp quoted in W. Schmied, "Fifteen Notes on Josef Albers," trans. by B. Barrett and Claudia Deniers in Josef Albers, exh. cat., London, 1989, pp. 9-10).