To acquire original art work by Josef or Anni Albers:

Most of the Foundation's collection of work by Josef and Anni Albers is inviolable and will never be sold. However, the Foundation does sell a small and selected group of paintings and prints through its authorized representatives. The Foundation has appointed, as its worldwide exclusive representative for this purpose, Waddington Galleries of London. Waddington Galleries, in conjunction with the Foundation, has appointed, as the American agent, PaceWildenstein in New York.

If you are interested in acquiring original prints by either Josef or Anni Albers, you should be in touch with the Alan Cristea Gallery in London. In cooperation with Waddington Galleries and our Foundation, the Alan Cristea Gallery controls representation worldwide of this body of work. By arrangement with Alan Cristea, two New York galleries also have selected prints by Josef Albers for sale: Hirschl & Adler Galleries and PaceWildenstein Prints.

Additional work by both Josef and Anni Albers—not coming directly from our Foundation—is sometimes available in other galleries or in auctions.

To authenticate work:

Museums, galleries, and private collectors often ask the Foundation to authenticate an object believed to have been created by Josef or Anni Albers. In recent years, a substantial number of Homages to the Square forgeries have appeared on the market. You are urged to exercise utmost care to make certain that any painting you have or wish to sell is in fact a work by Josef Albers.

If you wish to make sure that a painting or paintings in your care or possession will be included in the catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, there is one and only one procedure that pertains. On a minimum of four occasions a year, the Catalogue Raisonné Review Board—including our curator, our conservator, and director—will convene here at the premises of the Albers Foundation in Connecticut. We will on such occasions look at any paintings under consideration for the catalogue raisonné. Following those meetings, we will inform the owners or consigners of the paintings whether or not the works will be included in the catalogue.

To find out the date of the next meeting of the Catalogue Raisonné Review Board, please be in touch with the Foundation.