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Victor Vasarely
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- Victor Vasarely
- Kristal
- signed; signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered P.1.106 on the reverse
- acrylic on canvas
- 158 by 140.5 cm. 62 1/4 by 55 3/8 in.
Provenance
Private Collection, Europe
Calmels Cohen, Paris, 22 June 2006, Lot 187
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Calmels Cohen, Paris, 22 June 2006, Lot 187
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Condition
Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is more blue in the original.
Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a few tiny media accretions in isolated places, and a few short rub marks towards the lower edge. Further very close inspection reveals some tiny and unobtrusive specks of loss throughout the composition, and a slightly larger loss towards upper left corner. The black around the composition is irregularly painted in places, which appears to be original. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“I cannot prevent myself from feeling a troubling analogy between my ‘visual kinetics’ and the ensemble of the micro and macrocosm. Everything is there: space, time, bodies, and waves, the relations and the fields. My art transposes nature thus one more time, this moment right now, the one of pure physics that renders the world physically comprehensible.”
VICTOR VASARELY
Notes Brutes, Paris 1970, n.p