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 GrayPhillips2019779lots offered2001–2026years recorded97%sold (704)$4.6kSign 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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Variant IV (from Ten Variants)
Screenprint · Paper
H 11" W 11.75"
DuMouchelles · Jul 18, 2025 · Lot 1005
$400≈ £297≈ €343HammerSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at DuMouchelles ↗
Silent, from Die Oberfläche (Danilowitz 167.2), 1965
Screenprint · Paper · ed. 103/120
10 15/16 x 10 15/16in (27.8 x 27.8cm)
Bonhams · Jun 26, 2025 · Lot 33
$3,072≈ £2,242≈ €2,627Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–1,500View at Bonhams ↗
SP IV, 1967
Screenprint · Board
50 x 50cm
Van Ham · Jun 12, 2025 · Lot 4
€4,081≈ $4,732≈ £3,484Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,500–View at Van Ham ↗
Structural Constellation U-18, c. 1955
Engraving
5 h x 6⅝ w in (13 x 17 cm)
Rago Auctions · Jun 5, 2025 · Lot 242
$4,224≈ £3,113≈ €3,698Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
I-S d, 1969
Screenprint
13¾ h x 13¾ w in (35 x 35 cm)
Rago Auctions · Jun 5, 2025 · Lot 243
$2,794≈ £2,059≈ €2,446Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Ten Variants, 1967
Screenprint
11 h x 11⅜ w in (28 x 29 cm)
Rago Auctions · Jun 5, 2025 · Lot 244
$6,350≈ £4,680≈ €5,559Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Red-Orange Wall
Screenprint
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · May 24, 2025 · Lot 57
$1,920≈ £1,424≈ €1,699Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Palm Beach Modern Auctions ↗
Portfolio I Folder 5 (from the Formulation: Articulation portfolio), 1972
Screenprint
10 h x 10 w in (25 x 25 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 23, 2025 · Lot 103
$3,048≈ £2,261≈ €2,697Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Portfolio I Folder 6 (from the Formulation: Articulation portfolio), 1972
Screenprint
13 h x 7½ w in (33 x 19 cm)
Rago Auctions · May 23, 2025 · Lot 105
$762≈ £565≈ €674Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Rago Auctions ↗
One Plate, from Hommage au carré (Danilowitz 160.5), 1964
Screenprint · Paper · ed. 116/125
11 x 11in (28 x 28cm)
Bonhams · May 22, 2025 · Lot 5
$3,584≈ £2,671≈ €3,169Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Bonhams ↗

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Josef Albers signature

351 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 right38
in the margin4
along the bottom3
on the reverse2

Form

signed169
monogrammed106
initialled53
signed and dated16
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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