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 GrayPhillips2019786lots offered2001–2026years recorded97%sold (711)$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 Va 6 (from Six Variants), 1969
Screenprint · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 13, 2013 · Lot 219
$3,125≈ £1,954≈ €2,304Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Five Plates, from Formulation: Articulation, 1972
Screenprint · Paper
Bonhams · Sep 29, 2013 · Lot 4177
$500≈ £310≈ €370Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–1,000View at Bonhams ↗
White Line Squares I (D. 171.1), 1966
Lithograph · Paper · ed. 63/125
15 3/4 x 15 3/4in
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2013 · Lot 7151
$938≈ £623≈ €720Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $500–700View at Bonhams ↗
Study to Tautonym, 1944
Oil
35,5 x 61 cm (13,9 x 24 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Jun 8, 2013 · Lot 200
€48,800≈ $64,709≈ £41,544Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €28,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
White Line Square IX (from White Line Squares), 1966
Lithograph · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 19, 2013 · Lot 322
$5,313≈ £3,495≈ €4,134Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
I-S LXX a; and I-S LXX b, 1970
Screenprint · Paper · ed. 42/125
both I. 30.5 x 30.5 cm (12 x 12 in.) both S. 53.3 x 53.3 cm (21 x 21 in.)
Phillips · Apr 29, 2013 · Lot 180
$4,375≈ £2,816≈ €3,336Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–3,500View at Phillips ↗
Variant V (from the Ten Variants portfolio), 1966
Screenprint · Paper
10 h x 14 w in (25 x 36 cm)
Wright · Apr 25, 2013 · Lot 190
$1,625≈ £1,051≈ €1,242Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Wright ↗
Variant IV (from the Ten Variants portfolio), 1966
Screenprint · Paper
11 h x 11¾ w in (28 x 30 cm)
Wright · Apr 25, 2013 · Lot 191
$2,032≈ £1,314≈ €1,554Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Wright ↗
JHM - II, 1973
Screenprint · Other support · ed. edition of 144
38 x 38 cm (14,9 x 14,9 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Apr 20, 2013 · Lot 567
€3,500≈ $4,590≈ £2,990Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,800–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Intaglio Duo F, 1958-59
Print (other)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 7, 2012 · Lot 427
$1,125≈ £702≈ €868Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗

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Josef Albers signature

355 catalogued lots by Josef Albers record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (81% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right39
in the margin4
along the bottom3
on the reverse2

Form

signed171
monogrammed106
initialled53
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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