Carlos Cruz-Diez (b. 1923)

Acquired from the artist by the present owner 

This work is in very good condition overall. The colors are vibrant, and all of the plastic elements are secure. A few scattered minor paint losses are present on the interior of the plastic elements, but these do not interfere with the overall visual effect of the work.
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The Physichromies are a light trap, a space where a series of color strips interact and transform one another. They generate new ranges of color and invade the space that surrounds the vertical bands that cover the entire work. Moreover, the movement of the viewer and the light source create a series of chromatic variations, similar to those produced in a real landscape with each revolution of the sun. They will never be exactly the same because the intensity and nature of the light that is shed upon them will never be the same. Hence the name Physichromies, because they put into play the color of light, a physical color.

Carlos Cruz-Diez, in Carlos Cruz-Diez: Colour Happens, Madrid, 2009, p.20