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Selected Works2756

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 236

Sotheby's
Study for a Homage to the Square
Study for a Homage to the Square
$80,000
May 2026
Sotheby's
Study for Homage to the Square: "Late Sound"
Study for Homage to the Square: "Late Sound", 1957
Unknown
Apr 2026
Sotheby's
Study to Homage to the Square: "Allegro"
Study to Homage to the Square: "Allegro", 1959
Unknown
Apr 2026
Christie's
Study to Homage to the Square: 3 Yellows with green and grey
Study to Homage to the Square: 3 Yellows with green and grey, 1959
€254,000 ($279k USD)
Apr 2026
Christie's
Study to Homage to the Square: Gay
Study to Homage to the Square: Gay, 1957
€533,400 ($587k USD)
Apr 2026
Christie's
Rose and Pink around Ochre and Reds
Rose and Pink around Ochre and Reds, 1948
£584,200 ($771k USD)
Mar 2026
Christie's
Homage to the Square
Homage to the Square, 1973
£952,500 ($1.3M USD)
Mar 2026
Christie's
Homage to the Square
Homage to the Square, 1962
$406,400
Sep 2025
Christie's
Study for a Homage to the Square
Study for a Homage to the Square
$113,400
May 2025
Christie's
Homage to the Square
Homage to the Square, 1962
€352,800 ($388k USD)
Apr 2025
Christie's
Homage to the Square: Between 2 Scarlets
Homage to the Square: Between 2 Scarlets, 1962
HK$11,991,000 ($1.5M USD)
Mar 2025
Sotheby's
Gay Desert
Gay Desert, 1948
Unknown
Feb 2025
Sotheby's
Homage to the Square: "Despite"
Homage to the Square: "Despite", 1963
$857,616
Dec 2024
Christie's
Study for a Homage to the Square
Study for a Homage to the Square
$119,700
Nov 2024
Christie's
Soft Edge-Hard Edge
Soft Edge-Hard Edge
$44,100
Oct 2024
Christie's
Homage to the Square [Night Starts]
Homage to the Square [Night Starts], 1963
€378,000 ($416k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Study for Homage to the Square: Wait
Study for Homage to the Square: Wait, 1962
€403,200 ($444k USD)
Jun 2024
Christie's
Homage to the Square
Homage to the Square, 1965
Bought In
May 2024
Christie's
Homage to the Square: Autumn Light
Homage to the Square: Autumn Light, 1961
£630,000 ($832k USD)
Mar 2024
Sotheby's
Study to Hommage to the Square: Large Cadmium Deep and Naples, against Grey
Study to Hommage to the Square: Large Cadmium Deep and Naples, against Grey, 1959
€280,000 ($308k USD)
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Homage to the Square: Yellow Resonance
Homage to the Square: Yellow Resonance, 1957
$1,875,000
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Homage to the Square: Polar
Homage to the Square: Polar, 1963
£912,859 ($913k USD)
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
Study to Homage to the Square: Juxtaposed
Study to Homage to the Square: Juxtaposed, 1957
$224,790
Sep 2023
Christie's
Study for Homage to the Square
Study for Homage to the Square, 1972
£869,400 ($1.1M USD)
Jun 2023
Christie's
Homage to the Square
Homage to the Square, 1971
$2,954,000
May 2023
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Market2,200 auction results

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$423K
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$517K
262 priced paintings lots
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May 2026 · $80.0K
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Paintings: $517K medianWorks on paper: $2.5K medianPhotographs: $10.2K medianSculpture/objects: $171K medianEditioned prints: $6.3K medianBooks/portfolios: $3.8K medianUnclassified lots: $5.7K medianEditioned objects: $1.8K median
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Education2

Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK)
Berlin, Germany
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Publications32

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Monograph 9

Josef Albers. Interaction of Color: Grundlegung einer Didaktik des Sehens
Hatje Cantz · 2023
Josef Albers Homage to the Square 1950 - 1976
Hatje Cantz · 2022
Josef Albers: Huldigung an das Quadrat 1950 bis 1976. Ein Beitrag zur Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts
Hatje Cantz · 2022
Anni and Josef Albers by Lake Verea
Hatje Cantz · 2021
Anni and Josef Albers
Phaidon Press · 2020
Josef Albers
Yale University Press · 2018
Josef Albers: Life and Work
Thames & Hudson · 2018
Despite Straight Lines
MIT Press · 1978
Formulation, articulation
Abrams · 1972

Exhibition Catalog 14

The Square's Heart
Hatje Cantz · 2024
Candida Höfer Liechtenstein
Hatje Cantz · 2023
Josef Albers
Yale University Press · 2022
Anni and Josef Albers
Hatje Cantz · 2021
Fresh Widow: The Window in Art since Matisse and Duchamp
Hatje Cantz · 2012
The Art Of Deceleration Motion And Rest In Art From Caspar David Friedrich To Ai Weiwei Josef Albers Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg November 12 2011 April 9 2012 In Conjunction With The Exhibition The Art Of Deceleration Motion And Rest In Art From Caspar David Friedrich To Ai Weiwei
Hatje Cantz · 2012
Art & Stars & Cars: Zum 125. Geburtstag des Automobils
Hatje Cantz · 2011
Malerei auf Papier: Josef Albers in Amerika
Hatje Cantz · 2010
Painting on Paper: Josef Albers in America
Hatje Cantz · 2010
Josef Albers
Thames & Hudson · 2008
Anni und Josef Albers: Begegnung mit Lateinamerika
Hatje Cantz · 2007
Albers and Moholy-Nagy
Yale University Press · 2006
JOSEF ALBERS: FORMULATION: ARTICULATION; ED. BY T.G. ROSENTHAL
Thames & Hudson · 2006
The Expanded Eye: Sehen - entgrenzt und verflüssigt
Hatje Cantz · 2006

Group Catalog 1

Portrait im Aufbruch: Photographie in Deutschland und Österreich 1900-1938
Hatje Cantz · 2005

Survey 6

Josef Albers: Suchen und Finden / Search Versus Re-Search Author
Hatje Cantz · 2026
Bauhaus
Thames & Hudson · 2020
Artists in Love
Rizzoli · 2016
Bauhaus Kunstschule der Moderne
Hatje Cantz · 2000
Chromaphilia: The Story of Color in Art
Phaidon Press
The American Art Book
Phaidon Press

Artist Book 2

Interaction of Colour
Yale University Press · 2013
Poems and drawings
Yale University Press · 2007
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Current Exhibitions0

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Crystal Bridges Museum Tacks on a Big Expansion, Just 15 Years After Opening, and Packs it With American Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, has opened a major expansion just 15 years after its original 200,000-square-foot fac…
exhibitionsJun 8, 2026
Sanford Wurmfeld’s Unstable Geometry
Hyperallergic reviews Sanford Wurmfeld's exhibition "Squares 1971–74" at Ceysson & Bénétière in New York, featuring six paintings and one study from 1…
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Technicolor Sublime at Weisman Museum of Art: A Conversation with Artist Ruth Pastine
The Weisman Museum of Art has opened 'Ruth Pastine: Technicolor Sublime,' an exhibition featuring the artist's large-scale oil paintings that initiall…
exhibitionsJun 5, 2026
Spotlight on artists Josef Albers and Leonor Fini at Il Ponte auctions in Milan
Between May 26 and 28, 2026, Il Ponte Casa d’Aste held its spring auctions of modern and contemporary art in Milan, generating over €4.7 million in sa…
marketMay 28, 2026
Where to Go See Art This Summer
The article is a summer art guide for North Carolina, highlighting exhibitions across the state, with a focus on the Research Triangle region (Raleigh…
localMay 27, 2026
Anni Albers Wasn’t Afraid to Start From Zero
Nicholas Fox Weber's new biography, *Anni Albers: A Life*, draws on his nearly 25-year friendship with the artist to offer an intimate, nuanced portra…
reviewMay 22, 2026
Alexander James Dissects Painting’s Most Enduring Shape in Hong Kong Exhibition
British artist Alexander James presents *Dissecting the Square*, a new exhibition at Phillips Gallery in Hong Kong, running until 31 May 2026. The sho…
exhibitionsMay 21, 2026
Da Medardo Rosso a Josef Albers: il Novecento va in asta da Il Ponte a Milano
Il Ponte auction house in Milan will hold sales of Modern and Contemporary Art on May 26-27, 2026, followed by Prints and Multiples, with previews fro…
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Sheila Hicks en 2 minutes
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The Can’t-Miss Moments at TEFAF New York 2026
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Gió Marconi Gallery in Milan will host 'Phantom Banter', the first Italian solo exhibition of American sculptor Ron Nagle, from May 29 to July 24, 202…
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Here is the first and for now only interview with the curators of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale
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The article discusses the newly instituted "Leoni dei Visitatori" (Visitors' Lions) at the Venice Biennale, established after the resignation of the I…
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Past Exhibitions21

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#4,733 Zane Bennett Contemporary Art

Formulation: Articulation | Josef Albers

Josef Albers

435 S Guadalupe Street, floor 2

Feb 27, 2026 — Apr 30, 2026

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#2 David Zwirner

Josef Albers. Duets

Josef Albers

606 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004, United States

Jan 15, 2026 — Apr 15, 2026

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#135 Cristea Roberts Gallery

The Sum of the Parts The Complete Portfolios of Josef Albers

Josef Albers

Jun 12, 2025 — Aug 29, 2025

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#6,161 Designer´s Gallery

JOSEF ALBERS – Ausgewählte Gravuren (Unikat), Zeichnungen und Multiples

Josef Albers

Drususgasse 7-11, 50667 Köln, Germany

Oct 23, 2024 — Nov 16, 2024

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#135 Cristea Roberts Gallery

Discovery and Invention The Early Graphic Works of Josef Albers

Josef Albers

Dec 10, 2021 — Jan 22, 2022

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Goya Contemporary LLC

Josef Albers: Variants

Josef Albers

Mar 22, 2019 — May 5, 2019

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Tucson Museum of Art

Learning to See: Josef Albers

Josef Albers

140 N Main Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701, USA

Jan 1, 2019

Learning to See: Josef AlbersMay 3 – July 7, 2019

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Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Josef Albers and Donald Judd Thematic Variations

Josef Albers

1 Museum Dr, Montgomery, AL 36117, USA

Jan 1, 2018

Josef Albers and Donald Judd Thematic Variations September 15 to November 18, 2018 Organized by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama. Jose...

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#1,265 ML Fine Art (Matteo Lampertico)

Homage to the square

Josef Albers

Via Montebello 30

Apr 20, 2015 — Jun 26, 2015

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#924 Custot Gallery Dubai

Josef Albers Black and White

Josef Albers

Alserkal Avenue | Unit No. 84 Street 6A, Al Quoz 1

May 6, 2014 — Jun 4, 2014

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#924 Custot Gallery Dubai

Josef Albers Biconjugates, Kinetics, and Variants

Josef Albers

Alserkal Avenue | Unit No. 84 Street 6A, Al Quoz 1

Nov 2, 2011 — Dec 6, 2011

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Peter Blum Gallery

Josef Albers Formulation: Articulation, 1972 A suite of 127 silkscreen plates

Josef Albers

176 Grand St Floor 2, New York, NY 10013, USA

Mar 12, 2010 — May 8, 2010

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#924 Custot Gallery Dubai

Josef Albers Paintings

Josef Albers

Alserkal Avenue | Unit No. 84 Street 6A, Al Quoz 1

Apr 1, 2009 — May 2, 2009

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#135 Cristea Roberts Gallery

Josef Albers: Portfolios Collection of prints and portfolios

Josef Albers

Mar 4, 2009 — Apr 17, 2009

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#924 Custot Gallery Dubai

Josef Albers Works on Paper and Paintings

Josef Albers

Alserkal Avenue | Unit No. 84 Street 6A, Al Quoz 1

Feb 28, 2007 — Mar 27, 2007

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#135 Cristea Roberts Gallery

The Development of an Image

Josef Albers

May 5, 2005 — Jun 4, 2005

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#1,551 Elvira González

Josef Albers: Pinturas 1957–1969

Josef Albers

Calle Hermanos Álvarez Quintero, 1, Centro, 28004 Madrid, Spain

Nov 25, 2004 — Jan 10, 2005

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#924 Custot Gallery Dubai

Josef Albers Homage to the Square Paintings and Photographs (1928–1938)

Josef Albers

Alserkal Avenue | Unit No. 84 Street 6A, Al Quoz 1

Mar 28, 2001 — Apr 21, 2001

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#135 Cristea Roberts Gallery

Josef Albers Prints 1916 -1976

Josef Albers

Apr 8, 1999 — May 8, 1999

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#1,136 Leon Tovar Gallery

Josef Albers: Homenaje al Cuadrado

Josef Albers

26 E 64th St, New York, NY 10065, United States

Mar 1, 1992 — Mar 31, 1992

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#953 The Greenberg Gallery

Josef Albers Paintings

Josef Albers

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Dec 1, 1982 — Dec 31, 1982

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Art Fair Appearances17

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TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2026
Art Basel — Basel
2025
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2025
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2025
The Armory Show — New York
2025
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2024
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2023
The Armory Show — New York
2022
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2021
Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2020
The Armory Show — New York
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2017
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2016
Miart — Milan
2015
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Riflettori accesi sugli artisti Josef Albers e Leonor Fini alle aste de Il Ponte a Milano
May 28, 2026
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Where to Go See Art This Summer
May 27, 2026
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Anni Albers Wasn’t Afraid to Start From Zero
May 22, 2026
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Alexander James Dissects Painting’s Most Enduring Shape in Hong Kong Exhibition
May 21, 2026
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Da Medardo Rosso a Josef Albers: il Novecento va in asta da Il Ponte a Milano
May 18, 2026
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Sheila Hicks en 2 minutes
May 18, 2026
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The Can’t-Miss Moments at TEFAF New York 2026
May 15, 2026
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Ron Nagle in Milan: at Gió Marconi the first Italian solo exhibition 'Phantom Banter'
May 15, 2026
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Exhibition | RonNAGLE, 'Phantom Banter' at Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
May 11, 2026
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Nella sua mostra a Venezia, Hanna Rochereau vuole archiviare l’archivio
May 8, 2026
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Ecco la prima e per ora unica intervista ai curatori della Biennale d’Arte di Venezia 2026
May 7, 2026
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I Leoni dei Visitatori alla Biennale di Venezia sono un’opportunità per la critica d’arte. Cerchiamo di coglierla?
May 5, 2026
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Victor Vasarely | Pink Composition (1980) | For Sale
May 1, 2026
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After His Untimely Death, Rutherford Chang’s Survey Rewrites What a Square Can Do
May 1, 2026
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Artist Foundations’ Net Worth Has Nearly Tripled to $9 B., Led by Cy Twombly Foundation’s $1.5 B. in Art and Assets
May 1, 2026
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May 1, 2026
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José Dávila Makes Space the Subject in His New York Show
Apr 30, 2026
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Sotheby’s Auction Raises Funds for Yale MFA Scholarships
Apr 29, 2026
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The Mysterious Life of Fluxus Dame Alison Knowles
Apr 28, 2026
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