Josef Albers
American, born Germany, 1888-1976
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Homage to the Square: Unexpected, 1961
Artwork Details
Materials
oil on canvas board
Measurements
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
Credit
Gift of Natalie and Irving Forman, 2004
Accession ID
2004:25.1
Inscriptions:
Provenance:
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
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