Contemporary Art Online | New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York
VICTOR VASARELY | PROFF
Lot Closed
July 18, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
VICTOR VASARELY
1906 - 1997
PROFF
signed; signed, titled and dated 1987 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
Canvas: 28⅜ by 23⅝ in. (72 by 60 cm.)
Framed: 28¾ by 24 in. (73 by 61 cm.)
The authenticity of the present work has been confirmed by Pierre Vasarely, President of the Fondation Vasarely, universal legatee and the moral right holder of Victor Vasarely.
This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint de Victor Vasarely, which is currently being compiled by the Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence.
PROVENANCE
Calmels Cohen, Paris, 5 December 2005
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Calmels Cohen, Paris, 5 December 2005
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Victor Vasarely is widely regarded as a forefather of the Op art movement. Indeed, Vaserely is quoted as stating: “I have faith in the advent of a polychrome and multidimensional language technological art that will radiate as the first purely visual language void of any anecdotic or literary references." His work was included in The Responsive Eye, a seminal Op Art exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Proff is a rare example in which the artist incorporates a figure by way of his signature style.