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 GrayPhillips2019791lots offered2001–2026years recorded97%sold (716)$4.5kSign 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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I-S Variant 1
Germany/USA
Rago Auctions · May 6, 2017 · Lot 544
$2,750≈ £2,125≈ €2,509Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Homage to the Square
Germany/USA
Rago Auctions · May 6, 2017 · Lot 549
$5,625≈ £4,347≈ €5,132Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Homage to the Square
Germany/USA
Rago Auctions · May 6, 2017 · Lot 550
$4,375≈ £3,381≈ €3,991Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Blue Reminding
Germany/USA
Rago Auctions · May 6, 2017 · Lot 551
$4,063≈ £3,140≈ €3,707Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Reserved
Germany/USA
Rago Auctions · May 6, 2017 · Lot 552
$2,875≈ £2,222≈ €2,623Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Rago Auctions ↗
JHM-II, 1973
Screenprint · Paper · ed. 15/144
I. 15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm) S. 25 x 35 in. (63.5 x 88.9 cm)
Phillips · Apr 18, 2017 · Lot 179
$20,000≈ £15,798≈ €18,723Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–6,000View at Phillips ↗
Hommage au Carre: one plate, 1965
Screenprint · Paper · ed. 24/125
I. 11 x 11 in. (27.9 x 27.9 cm) S. 15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
Phillips · Apr 18, 2017 · Lot 180
$5,625≈ £4,443≈ €5,266Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Phillips ↗
Kleiner Strand am Nachmittag (small beach in the afternoon), Biarritz, circa 1929
Photograph
9 1/4 x 6 in. (23.5 x 15.2 cm)
Phillips · Apr 4, 2017 · Lot 254
$22,500≈ £18,088≈ €21,125Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗
Study for Homage to the Square: Wet and Dry, 1969
Oil · Board
40.6 x 40.6 cm (15 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
Phillips · Mar 8, 2017 · Lot 1
£425,000≈ $517,140≈ €489,901Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £150,000–250,000View at Phillips ↗
Tenuous, Full, Reserved, and Joy (from Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers) (4), 1962
Screenprint · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 5, 2017 · Lot 269
$6,250≈ £5,092≈ €5,901Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗

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Josef Albers signature

359 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

signed174
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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