Lot 184
  • 184

VASSILAKIS TAKIS | Télésculpture vibrative, Black Oscillating Disc No.2

Estimate
35,000 - 55,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Vassilakis Takis
  • Télésculpture vibrative, Black Oscillating Disc No.2
  • signed, titled and dated 1963 - 1971 on the reverse
  • painted wood, electrical system, magnets and aluminum 
  • 85 x 85 x 20 cm; 33  1/2   x 33  1/2   x 7  7/8   in.
  • Executed in 1963 - 1971, this work is unique.

Provenance

Horace Richter Gallery, Tel Aviv
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Exhibited

Paris, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Takis, 21 September - 6 November 1972; catalogue, p. 53, illustrated

Literature

Takis, Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1993, p. 206, illustrated

Condition

The work is in very good and working condition. Close inspection reveals very thin surface abrasions in places which are likely to be in keeping with the artists working process. Further very close inspection reveals light rubbings to the black board.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity delivered by the artist.