Lot 238
  • 238

Victor Vasarely

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Victor Vasarely
  • Metagalaxie
  • signed; signed, titled and dated 1959-61 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 62 3/4 by 58 in. 159.4 by 147.3 cm.

Provenance

The Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in November 1965

Exhibited

Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Vasarely, December 1963 - January 1964, cat. no. 52, n.p., illustrated
New York, The Pace Gallery, Vasarely, October - November 1965, n.p., illustrated
London, Hanover Gallery, Vasarely, May - June 1965, cat. no. 6
Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Paintings and Sculptures by Victor Vasarely, February - March 1966
Lincoln, Massachusettes, de Cordova Museum; Louisville, Kentucky, J.B. Speed Art Museum; Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Art Gallery; Johnson City, East Tennessee State College, Reece Memorial Museum; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; Arts Club of Chicago; Boulder, University of Colorado, Fine Arts Gallery; Contemporary Arts Association of Houston; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Victor Vasarely, May 1966 - July 1967

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is scattered, unobtrusive cracquelure throughout. There are a few minor scuff marks and minor wear to the edges. The edges are taped and the work is framed in silver metal. There is no evidence of restoration apparent under ultra-violet light inspection.
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