Lot 551
551
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Homage to the Square: Blue Sound

Price realised USD 221,000
Estimate
USD 200,000 – USD 300,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Homage to the Square: Blue Sound

Price realised USD 221,000
Price realised USD 221,000
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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Blue Sound
signed with artist's monogram and dated 'A53' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'Homage to the Square: "Blue Sound" Albers '53' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
24 x 24 in. (60.9 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1953.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Elinor L. Arnason, Roxbury, CT, 1959
Private collection, Briarcliff, NY
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 9 May 2012, lot 169
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.

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