Josef Albers

German · 1888–1976 · Painter, Printmaker

Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in… (Wikipedia)

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$1,316,000≈ £1,025,481≈ €1,195,711Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumHomage to the Square: Silent GrayPhillips2019789lots offered2001–2026years recorded97%sold (714)$4.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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Homage to the Square: Silent GrayPhillips · Nov 2019$1,316,000≈ £1,025,481≈ €1,195,711Sign up to see
Study for Homage to the Square: BrightPhillips · May 2023$844,550≈ £674,776≈ €776,169Sign up to see
Homage to the SquarePhillips · Oct 2023£609,600≈ $742,371≈ €705,408Sign up to see

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SP X, 1967
Screenprint · Board
I. 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (49.5 x 49.5 cm) S. 24 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (61.3 x 61.3 cm)
Phillips · Oct 25, 2019 · Lot 224
$10,625≈ £8,284≈ €9,566Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Phillips ↗
Homage to the Square: 10 Works by Josef Albers, 1962
Screenprint · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 20, 2019 · Lot 164
$16,250≈ £12,498≈ €14,544Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Homage to the Square samples (sixteen works), 1962After the artist
Screenprint · Paper
3¾ h x 3¾ w in (10 x 10 cm)
Wright · Oct 17, 2019 · Lot 419
$2,750≈ £2,149≈ €2,475Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Wright ↗
Equivocal (from Homage to the Square: Ten Works), 1962
Screenprint · Paper
11 h x 11 w in (28 x 28 cm)
Wright · Oct 17, 2019 · Lot 424
$1,250≈ £977≈ €1,125Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Wright ↗
Prefatio (from the Graphic Tectonics series), 1942
Lithograph · Paper
18½ h x 22½ w in (47 x 57 cm)
Wright · Oct 10, 2019 · Lot 173
$8,750≈ £7,152≈ €7,933Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Wright ↗
Interaction of Color production tests with notes, 1963
Print (other) · Paper
13¾ h x 10½ w x 4¾ d in (35 x 27 x 12 cm)
Wright · Oct 10, 2019 · Lot 174
$27,500≈ £22,478≈ €24,932Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $15,000–View at Wright ↗
Structural Constellation, c. 1955-1965
Engraving
3¼ h x 4 w in (8 x 10 cm)
Wright · Oct 10, 2019 · Lot 175
$5,625≈ £4,598≈ €5,100Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Wright ↗
sketch for a Structural Constellation, c. 1969
Drawing · Paper
18 h x 23 w in (46 x 58 cm)
Wright · Oct 10, 2019 · Lot 176
$6,500≈ £5,313≈ €5,893Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–View at Wright ↗
I-S VVI, 1971
Screenprint · Paper
18½ h x 31½ w in (47 x 80 cm)
Wright · Oct 10, 2019 · Lot 177
$3,250≈ £2,657≈ €2,947Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Wright ↗
sketch for a Structural Constellation, c. 1969
Drawing · Paper
18 h x 23 w in (46 x 58 cm)
Wright · Oct 10, 2019 · Lot 178
$5,000≈ £4,087≈ €4,533Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–View at Wright ↗

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Josef Albers signature

357 catalogued lots by Josef Albers record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (82% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right41
in the margin4
along the bottom3
on the reverse2

Form

signed172
monogrammed106
initialled54
signed and dated18
signed in pencil7

Inscribed and dated ‘I-S k hc 31/35' lower left; signed with the artist’s signature and dated ‘’73’ lower right — Homage to the Square I-S K, Phillips, May 20, 2026
Monogrammiert und datiert unten rechts (in die nasse Farbe eingeritzt): A69. Betitelt, signiert und datiert verso oben rechts: Study for Homage to the Square "Morning Sight" Albers 1969. Hier zudem mi — Study for Homage to the Square "Morning Sight", Van Ham, Dec 3, 2025
Incised with the artist's monogram and date "A 63" lower right; signed, titled, variously inscribed and dated "Study for Homage to the Square "Ripening" Albers — Study for Homage to the Square: Ripening, Phillips, Nov 21, 2025

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About Josef Albers

Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, into a Roman Catholic family with a background in craftsmanship, Albers received practical training in diverse skills like engraving glass, plumbing, and wiring during his childhood. He later worked as a schoolteacher from 1908 to 1913 and received his first public commission in 1918 and moved to Munich in 1919.

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