About the Artwork
Questioning
1969
Josef Albers
1888-1976
American
Unknown
Acrylic on canvas, mounted on masonite
Unframed: 24 × 24 inches (61 × 61 cm) Framed: 24 1/2 × 24 1/2 × 1 1/4 inches (62.2 × 62.2 × 3.2 cm)
Paintings
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of Anni Albers and The Josef Albers Foundation
79.169
© 2005 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Markings
Signed, verso: Albers 1969
Signed, dated and inscribed on verso: Questioning | Albers 1969
Back of frame, upper right: #579
Provenance
The artist
1979-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© 2005 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Josef Albers, Questioning, 1969, acrylic on canvas, mounted on Masonite. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Anni Albers and The Josef Albers Foundation, 79.169.
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