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- Estimate
- €300,000–€500,000 hammer ≈ $346,170–$576,950
- Result
- upcoming — 7 June 2024
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Art contemporain, Paris · 7 June 2024
- Dimensions
- 60.9 x 60.9 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3254136
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3254136 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3254136
Josef Albers, Homage to the Square [Night Starts]. Christie's, 7 Jun 2024, lot 307. estimate €300,000–€500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3254136.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
92% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
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Josef Albers, Homage to the Square [Night Starts]. Christie's, 7 Jun 2024, lot 307. estimate €300,000–€500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3254136.
From the same sale Art contemporain · Jun 2024
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|---|---|---|---|
| Personnage à la Cabane | Karel Appel | €300,000–€500,000 | upcoming |
| Sans titre | Per Kirkeby | €380,000–€450,000 | upcoming |
| Sans titre | Katharina Grosse | €20,000–€30,000 | upcoming |
| Urlis | Georges Mathieu | €150,000–€200,000 | upcoming |
| T1981-H3 | Hans Hartung | €120,000–€180,000 | upcoming |
| Wrapped Reichstag (Project for der Deutsche Reichstag-West Berlin, Pl… | Christo | €60,000–€80,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josef Albers | R-I d-1 [Homage to the Square] | $457,012 | Christie's, Jun 2021 | |
| Josef Albers | Study to Homage to the Square: "Allegro" | Sotheby's, Apr 2026 | ||
| Josef Albers | Homage to the Square [Night Starts] | Christie's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Josef Albers | Study for Homage to the Square: Sel: E.B. 8 | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Josef Albers | Study to Homage to the Square: Two warm orange with greenish | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Josef Albers | Study for Homage to the Square: Earth and Sky | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Josef Albers | Study for Homage to the Square | Christie's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Josef Albers | Study for Homage to the Square 1965 | Bonhams, Oct 2020 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.