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Josef Albers

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Homage to the Square: Unexpected

Homage to the Square: Unexpected

Homage to the Square: Unexpected, 1961

oil on canvas board

support: 30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm); framed: 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (77.47 x 77.47 x 3.18 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Natalie and Irving Forman, 2004

2004:25.1

Inscriptions:

signature, dated / front, lower right / A 61

signature, dated; inscription / back, upper right / Homage to the Square: / "Unexpected" / Albers 1961

Provenance:

the artist;
Martha Jackson (most likely purchased via Sidney Janis Gallery, New York);
purchased by Natalie and Irving Forman via B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, 1965;
donated to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, December 20, 2004

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Oil painting

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