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Josef Albers

Josef Albers (1888–1976), also referred to by the first name Joseph, is presented as a German-American designer, painter, teacher and typographer.

The Art Institute of Chicago lists several works from the Homage to the Square series: Light Passage (1956), Yellow Signal (1962) and New Light (1967). Wide Light, dated 1962, is listed there as the first plate in Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers.

The same catalogue also includes an armchair and a corner table, both dated circa 1927, documenting his design work as well.

This profile brings together identity references for Josef Albers and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

6 references are documented at Kornfeld, Koller, Germann. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.

Works recorded at auction

Kornfeld · Lot 1

Study for Homage to the Square: Joy

Oil on hardboard

Catalogue period : 2023-06-16

Published result : 440000 CHF

Hammer price, excluding fees

Estimate : CHF 400000

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Kornfeld

Study for Homage to the Square: Mild

Oil on hardboard

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Koller

Homage to the Square (White Enclave). 1961.

Oil on Masonite

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Germann

Structural Constellation X, 1955

Ink on paper

Original catalogue wording

Structural Constellation X, 1955
Tusche auf Papier.

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Germann

Study to Homage to the Square: 2 Orange with 2 pale Yellows, 1958

Öl auf Masonit.

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Germann

Study for Homage to the Square: Red and Violet in Blue, 1959

Öl auf Masonit.

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Sources and references

• Reference record
• ARTIC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
• Met · CC0
• Met · CC0
• Met · CC0
• Met · CC0
• Met · CC0
• MoMA · CC0
• NDL · NDL Terms of Use (source attribution)
• NGA · CC0
• Documentary source

SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19