The Albers Foundation, the main beneficiary of the estates of both Josef and Anni Albers, remains protective of the artist's work and reputation. In 1997, one year after the auction house, Sotheby's, bought the Andre Emmerich Gallery, the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation did not renew its three-year contract with the gallery.Carol Vogel (October 3, 1997), Sotheby's Loses Albers Estate The New York Times. The Foundation has also been instrumental in exposing fakes.
