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Homage to the Square: Michoacan
Details
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Michoacan
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A59' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Homage to the Square: "Michoacan" Albers 1959' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Homage to the Square: Michoacan
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A59' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Homage to the Square: "Michoacan" Albers 1959' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
PaceWildenstein, New York
Austin / Desmond Fine Art, London
Private collection, Brazil
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 21 March 2021, lot 463
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
PaceWildenstein, New York
Austin / Desmond Fine Art, London
Private collection, Brazil
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 21 March 2021, lot 463
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Ferus Gallery, Paintings by Josef Albers, September-October 1962.
Columbia Museum of Art, Ascendancy of American Painting, April-June 1963, n.p., no. 1.
Easton, Lafayette College, Icon Idea, October-November 1968.
Miami, Arevalo Gallery, From Absolute to Minimal: Avant-Garde Movements of Latin American Modernism, December 2010.
Columbia Museum of Art, Ascendancy of American Painting, April-June 1963, n.p., no. 1.
Easton, Lafayette College, Icon Idea, October-November 1968.
Miami, Arevalo Gallery, From Absolute to Minimal: Avant-Garde Movements of Latin American Modernism, December 2010.
Further details
This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Josef Albers currently being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation under number JAAF 1959.1.10.
Presentado por
Michael Baptist
Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale