Josef Albers, Dark

Josef Albers
Dark

1947
oil on masonite
25.75 h x 37.25 w in (65 x 95 cm)

Signed and dated to lower right 'A 47'. Signed, titled and dated to verso 'Dark Albers '47'. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne being prepared by the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation, registered as 1947.1.9.

Provenance: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York | Mrs. Albert H. Newman, Chicago | Collection of Bertrand Goldberg | Thence by descent

Exhibited: Third Exhibition of the La Tausca Art Competition, 10 January - 1 February 1948, Riverside Museum, New York (traveling exhibition) | Paintings by Josef Albers, 7 December 1949 - 30 January 1950, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven | Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, December 1950 - 1 January 1951, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco | Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America, 24 January - 25 March 1951, Museum of Modern Art, New York | 60th Annual American Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture, 25 October - 16 December 1951, Art Institute of Chicago | Josef Albers: Paintings, Prints, Projects, 25 April - 18 June 1956, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven | Bertrand Goldberg: Reflections, 16 September 2011 - 13 January 2012, The Arts Club of Chicago

Literature: Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, exhibition catalog, unpaginated, illustrates this work Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America, exhibition catalog, pg. 76 illustrates this work