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2 - Josef Albers. Two Squares. Two color silkscreen prints on a double sheet. Each 12.7 × 12.7 cm (20.2 × 20.2 cm). Monogrammed on the reverse.

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€400

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Estimation

€400 - 600

Sale fees

32%

Josef Albers. Two Squares. Two color silkscreen prints on a double sheet. Each 12.7 × 12.7 cm (20.2 × 20.2 cm). Monogrammed on the reverse. Starting bid: approx. 12:00 (Schedule subject to change) Greeting card featuring two silkscreen prints in yellow, orange, and light brown. - On the reverse, a printed dedication reading “My thanks to all who remembered me recently” and a handwritten, monogrammed dedication to Roman Clemens, who studied at the Bauhaus for four years, including in Josef Albers’s summer 1927 preparatory course. - The “Hommage to the Square” series defined Josef Albers’s late work. They arose from his reflections on the theory of perception and led to “Interaction of Color” in 1963 and ultimately to “Formulation: Articulation” in 1972. - Related: Josef Albers. Typescript (Xerox copy), hand-monogrammed “J.A.” and dated “1963.” - In three paragraphs, Josef Albers—a longtime teacher at the Bauhaus and later in the U.S.—describes his views on “visual education.” - Monogrammed and dated in the lower right corner. - A gift from Albers to Eckard Neumann, Frankfurt am Main; acquired from his estate; in private hands ever since. English description: Two-color silkscreen prints on a double sheet. Each 5 x 5 in. (7.9 × 7.9 in.) Monogrammed on the back. Greeting card featuring two silkscreen prints in yellow, orange, and light brown. - On the reverse, a printed dedication reading “My thanks to all who remembered me recently” and a handwritten note in the lower left corner—illegible but monogrammed. - The “Hommage to the Square” series defined Josef Albers’s late work. It arose from his reflections on the theory of perception and led to *Interaction of Color* in 1963 and ultimately to *Formulation: Articulation* in 1972. - Attached: Josef Albers. Typescript (Xerox copy), hand-monogrammed “J.A.” and dated “1963.” - In three paragraphs, Josef Albers, a longtime teacher at the Bauhaus and later in the U.S., describes his views on “visual education.” - Monogrammed and dated in the lower right corner. - Acquired from the estate of Eckard Neumann, Frankfurt am Main; in a private collection ever since.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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