Josef Albers

German | 1888 - 1976

Josef Albers was a German Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1888. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like David Zwirner, New York (20th Street). Numerous key galleries and museums such as National Gallery of Australia have featured Josef Albers's work in the past.Josef Albers's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 20 USD to 3,004,702 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,004,702 USD for HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE: TEMPERATE, sold at Sotheby's London in 2017. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 342,906 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 16,128 USD.Josef Albers has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Christie's Daily in March 2025. The artist died in 1976.

Artist's alternative names: Joseph Albers

Featured for Sale

Homage to the Square ,1967

By Josef Albers

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Study for a Homage to the Square ,1965

By Josef Albers

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Notable Lots

Study for Homage to the Square: Red Tetrachord - Josef Albers

Study for Homage to the Square: Red Tetrachord ,1962

By Josef Albers

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Homage to the Square, Autumn Climax - Josef Albers

Homage to the Square, Autumn Climax ,1963

By Josef Albers

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Homage to the Square: Yellow Resonance - Josef Albers

Homage to the Square: Yellow Resonance ,1957

By Josef Albers

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Upcoming Lots

Josef Albers, Color Screenprint From Formulation: Articulation Portfolio I - Josef Albers

Josef Albers, Color Screenprint From Formulation: Articulation Portfolio I ,1972

By Josef Albers

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Interaction of Color ,1963

By Josef Albers

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Variant II ,1966

By Josef Albers

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EA, 1973 [D. 222] ,73

By Josef Albers

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WLS XIV (DANILOWITZ 172 ,1966

By Josef Albers

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WLS IV, FROM ,1966

By Josef Albers

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Current Exhibitions

Robert Adams & Josef Albers: The Discovery of Form

Zander Galerie, Cologne

Cologne | Germany

Mar 22,2025 - May 09,2025

work in progress

Osthaus Museum Hagen

Haagen | Germany

Feb 24,2025 - May 11,2025

Kandinsky鈥檚 Universe: Geometric Abstraction in the 20th Century

Museum Barberini

Potsdam | Germany

Feb 15,2025 - May 18,2025

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Articles

ArtDaily 20/04/2025

With the American photographer Robert Adams (born 1937 in Orange, New Jersey) and Josef Albers (born 1888 in Bottrop, died 1976 in New Haven, Connecticut), Zander Galerie is presenting two outstanding protagonists of art after 1945 in conversation.

Christie's Daily 24/03/2025

A guide to key strands in early 20th-century American painting, from industrial landscapes and rural vistas to Paris and abstraction. Featuring works offered in Modern American Art on 17 April 2025.

HYPEBEAST 03/03/2025

Fundaci贸n Juan March in Madrid has launched 鈥業t Must Be Seen. The Autonomy of Color in Abstract Art,鈥� on view until June 8, 2025.

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Coverage

鈥� .. Josef Albers (1888鈥�1976) is best known for his work as an abstract painter, theorist and lecturer on art... 鈥�
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Henie Onstad Art Center

鈥� ..Best known for his iconic series Homages to the Square, Albers made paintings, drawings, and prints and designed furniture and typography... 鈥�
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MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

鈥� .. Josef Albers was an American-German artist best known for his iconic color square series, Homage to the Square, which he began in 1949 and major contributions to color theory... 鈥�
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The Grace Museum

鈥� ..Albers started the Variant series in 1947, a year which he spent in Mexico and the paintings resemble the simple geometric facades of adobe houses, with two mirroring windows, that Albers had seen there... 鈥�
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Waddington Custot

鈥� ..Colour was central to Albers鈥� work and teaching and, partly inspired by Goethe鈥檚 1811 Farbenlehre (Study of colour), he had developed the subject into a separate course... 鈥�
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Waddington Custot