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- Homage to the Square: Intrepid
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square: Intrepid
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 352.800 USD
Price realised: 352.800 USD
Description
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Intrepid
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A 50' (lower right); signed, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square "Intrepid" Albers '50' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite, in artist's frame
24 3/8 x 24 3/8 in. (61.7 x 61.7 cm.)
Albers, J.
Painted in 1950.
Homage to the Square: Intrepid
incised with the artist's monogram and date 'A 50' (lower right); signed, titled and dated again 'Homage to the Square "Intrepid" Albers '50' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite, in artist's frame
24 3/8 x 24 3/8 in. (61.7 x 61.7 cm.)
Albers, J.
Painted in 1950.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Homage to the Square: Intrepid by Josef Albers was sold in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale auction at Christies in New York in May this year. The price achieved of USD 352,800.00 (€ 331,143.23) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 300,000.00 – 500,000.00. Admittedly, works by Josef Albers have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Homage to the Square in May this year with an auction result of USD 2,954,000.00 (€ 2,772,667.54).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Homage to the Square: Intrepid von Josef Albers wurde im Mai diesen Jahres in der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 352.800,00 (€ 331.143,23) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 300.000,00 – 500.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Josef Albers auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Homage to the Square im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.954.000,00 (€ 2.772.667,54).