$13,750
The painting is included in an appendix of lost, damaged, and destroyed works in the catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Josef Albers being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut.
The catalogue description states that the work was damaged and suffered significant and irreparable losses of the painted surface, which were subsequently overpainted by a hand other than the artist’s. A fine layer of dust has settled to pigments. Unglazed and framed @ 17.5 x 17.5 inches.
Signed and dated to edge 'A 50'. Signed titled and dated to reverse 'Study For "Homage To The Square" Albers 1950'. The painting is included in an appendix of lost, damaged, and destroyed works in the catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Josef Albers being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut. The catalogue description states that the work was damaged and suffered significant and irreparable losses of the painted surface, which were subsequently overpainted by a hand other than the artist’s. The work is illustrated in the catalogue with a photograph before the overpainting was done.
1950
oil on artist board
10½ h × 10½ w in (27 × 27 cm)
Provenance: Rose Fried Gallery, New York | Estate of Norman Ives | Private Collection
Auctioneer:
Wright
Date:
2017-10-12
