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- Homage to the Square: Decided
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square: Decided
Found at
Christies,
New York
A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part II, Lot 810
18. May - 18. May 2023
A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part II, Lot 810
18. May - 18. May 2023
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 1.800.000 USD
Price realised: 819.000 USD
Price realised: 819.000 USD
Description
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Decided
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A63' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square: "Decided" Albers 1963' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Homage to the Square: Decided
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A63' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square: "Decided" Albers 1963' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Josef Albers could be acquired at Christies in New York in May this year for an unexpectedly low price. In the A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part II auction, the work Homage to the Square: Decided changed hands for USD 819,000.00 (€ 768,725.36) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 1,200,000.00 – 1,800,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Josef Albers - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Homage to the Square, which sold at auction in May this year for USD 2,954,000.00 (€ 2,772,667.54).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Josef Albers konnte im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part II wechselte die Arbeit Homage to the Square: Decided für USD 819.000,00 (€ 768.725,36) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 1.200.000,00 – 1.800.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Josef Albers mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Homage to the Square beobachtet, die im Mai diesen Jahres für USD 2.954.000,00 (€ 2.772.667,54) versteigert wurde.