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- Homage to the Square: Osmosis
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square: Osmosis
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 403.200 GBP
Price realised: 403.200 GBP
Description
JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976)
Homage to the Square: Osmosis
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A59' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Homage to the Square: "Osmosis" Albers 1959'; inscribed with a handwritten description of media used (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
40 x 40in. (101.6 x 101.6cm.)
Painted in 1959
Homage to the Square: Osmosis
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A59' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Homage to the Square: "Osmosis" Albers 1959'; inscribed with a handwritten description of media used (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
40 x 40in. (101.6 x 101.6cm.)
Painted in 1959
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October last year Christies in London held the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, which included the work Homage to the Square: Osmosis by Josef Albers. The price achieved of GBP 403,200.00 (€ 469,723.54) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 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
Im Oktober letzten Jahres führte Christies in London die Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Homage to the Square: Osmosis von Josef Albers zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 403.200,00 (€ 469.723,54) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 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).