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How much an Homage to a Square is worth depends on its size, history, condition and other factors. For example, Homage to the Square: White Nimbus sold for $2.2 million, while Study for Homage to the Square: With Saffron fetched $915,000. Josef Albers, the artist who produced these works, is widely known for his series of prints and paintings, "Homage to the Square," which he created between 1950 and 1975. He was an innovative practitioner of color theory and published a book on the subject in 1963. If you're in possession of an Albers piece, consider having a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer help you with the valuation process. Explore a variety of Josef Albers art on 1stDibs.
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EK Ib /// Josef Albers Orange Screenprint Homage to the Square Abstract Bauhaus
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976)
Title: "EK Ib"
Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ia-Ik
*Monogram signed and dated by Albers in pencil lower right
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
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Interaction of Color: Homage to the Square, Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
This "Homage to the Square" print was created by Albers for the occasion of an exhibition at Grippi Gallery in Manhattan in 1973. It is in an excellent white contemporary frame.
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
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Homage to the Square, P2, F33, I2 - Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - P2, F33, I2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original screenprints that...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
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Homage to the Square - P2, F14, I2 - Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 14, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
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Screen
Interaction of Color: Homage to the Square, Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
This print was created by Albers for the occasion of an exhibition at Goethe House in Manhattan in 1973. It is in an excellent white contemporary frame.
Artist: Josef Albers, German...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
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Josef Albers -Deluxe Hand Signed edition Munich Olympic Silkscreen Op Art 63/200
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
This work is NOT to be confused with a separate poster edition, which is on different quality paper and bears a printed signature. This is the much-coveted HAND SIGNED and numbered edition.
Josef Albers
Large: Munich 1972 Olympic Games (Danilowitz 213), 1970
Color silkscreen on 250-gram Schöllers Hammer paper.
Signed, dated and numbered 63/200 in graphite pencil on the front
40 inches (vertical) × 25 1/2 inches (horizontal)
Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Danilowitz, 213
Unframed
Pencil signed and numbered 63/200 - silkscreen from the Deluxe, hand signed edition on Schollers hammer paper
(aside from the unsigned regular edition of 4000 on wove paper)
Printed by Sirocco Screenprints, New Haven. Published by Ives-Sillman, Inc., New Haven, for Edition Olympia 72
By Josef Albers - famous color theorist and longtime influential head of the Yale University Art Department. It features Albers signature ‘cinetic window’, and is an impressive piece of art and sports history. This is one of only 200 hand signed, dated and numbered prints - (NOT to be confused with the open poster edition of the same image on different paper, which, unlike the present work, only bears the artist's printed signature.) The present work was created in 1970 for the 1972 Munich Olympics. In anticipation of hosting the 1972 summer Olympics, Germany sought to create a positive image for itself. As Arnold Schwarzenegger would write in his memoir "Holding the Olympic Games in Munich was meant to symbolize West Germany's transformation and reemergence in to the community of nations as a modern democratic power". The Munich Olympics were billed as "the happy games" - a term that would become tragically ironic. In spite of, or rather because of, the ruthless killing of Israeli athletes by terrorists during the Munich Olympics, prints like this Albers silkscreen have become a powerful symbol of the enduring power of art to bring cultures together and promote peace. This Josef Albers Olympic...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
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