Lot 112
  • 112

Victor Vasarely

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Victor Vasarely
  • Bételgeuse II
  • signed; signed, titled and dated 1956-60 on the reverse

  • oil on board

  • 112 by 80cm.; 44 by 31 1/2 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France
Galerie Pascal Lansberg, Paris
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the background tends more towards warm cream and the circle to ivory in the original. The catalogue illustration fails to convey fully the relief of the circular forms at the top of the painting, apparent in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a small rub mark in the top right corner and a fine diagonal rub mark towards the bottom right of the top left quadrant. There are protractor pinholes to the centre of each circle which are inherent to the artist's working process. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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