Artist:
Josef Albers
Artwork:
Homage To The Square: Temperate
Size:
81.3 x 81.3 cm
Medium:
Oil on masonite
Creation year:
1957
Marks:
Signed with the artist's monogram and dated 57; signed, titled, dated 1957 and variously inscribed on the reverse
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York; Galerie Hybler, Copenhagen; Private Collection, Denmark (acquired from the previous in 1964); Private Collection, Denmark (by descent from the previous); Sotheby's, London, 7 February 2007, Lot 31 (consigned by the previous); Acquired from the previous by the present owner
Exhibition history:
Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection, Paintings by Josef Albers, January - February 1962; Essen, Museum Folkwang, Josef Albers, February - March 1963, no. 7; Copenhagen, Galerie Hybler, Josef Albers, October 1963; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Amerikansk Kunst 1950-70, 1971, no. 2
Sotheby's London
Date:
2017-10-05
Lot Number:
11
Low Estimate:
$950247
[+171%]
High Estimate:
$1357500
[+89%]
Hammer Price:
$2579242
Sold For:
$3106969