Cartoon for Interior
Artist
Josef Albers
American, b. Germany, 1888 - 1976
Date1929
Mediumgouache on paper
DimensionsImage Size: 12 5/16 × 9 7/8 in. (31.3 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 22 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (55.9 × 54 × 5.7 cm)
Matboard: 20 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (52.7 × 50.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 22 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (55.9 × 54 × 5.7 cm)
Matboard: 20 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (52.7 × 50.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineThe Feibes & Schmitt Collection
Object number2015.1.1
On View
On viewCollections
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- American Paintings & Sculpture
SignedRecto, lower right "Cartoon for "Interior" (from a series) sandblasted 1929"
InscribedLabels on verso:
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs Frederick Weisman, Beverley Hills, California, U.S.A., Joself Albers, 1929, Carton for Interior, date acquired 6/65, medium drawing [struck]"
Robert Elkon Gallery, 1063 Madison Avenue, New York, 28, NY, Josef Albers, 1929, Untitled, gouache, 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in., LE 5-3940
Carton for Interior, 1929
Cart & Crate, 622 North La Peer Drive Los Angleos, Calif 90069, Telephone: OL 2-1881, S-185, 301
Feibes & Schmitt Architects, 217 Union Street, Schenectday, New York 12305, Christies, 1970 $3,000
The Hyde Collection 161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801, Joself Albers, German, 1888-1976, Carton for Interior, 1929, gouache on board, 13 1/4 X 10 1/4 in., Exhibited in "The Capital Region Collects", October 4, 1998 -January 3, 1999.
Exhibition History"The Capital Region Collects", The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, October 4, 1998-January 3, 1999"form(ation): Modern and Contemporary Works from The Feibes & Schmitt Collection", The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY September 7 - December 7, 2003
"Modern Art: From Bauhaus to Black Mountain College", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, June 29, 2019-September 15, 2019
“Recent Acquisitions,” Whitney-Renz Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, February 24-April 3, 2022
“Architect[ural],” The Hyde Collection, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, June 7 – Sept. 28, 2025ProvenanceRobert Elkon Gallery, New York City [1]. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Weisman, Beverley Hills, June 1965 [2]. (Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York City, November 11, 1970, no. 74); purchased by Werner Feibes [1929-2021] and James Schmitt [1925-2013], Schenectady, New York, November 23, 1970; given to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2015.
[1] Parke-Bernet Gallery invoice states “acquired from the artist. Robert Elkon Gallery, New York,” it is unclear if or when Robert Elkon Gallery had the work in their possession.
[2] Information for Weisman Collection is from a label on verso. Unclear from whom the Weismans purchased the work.
