$63,000
Victor Vasarely (French, 1908-1997) Korlat Signed "Vasarely=" l. c., also signed, titled, inscribed "P.1153" and dated "1984" on the reverse, Circle Fine Art Corporation label affixed to the reverse. Acrylic on canvas, approximately 45 11/16 x 40 15/16 in. (116.0 x 104.0 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch. Provenance: From the artist to Jack and Carolyn Solomon, Circle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Private collection, Massachusetts. N.B. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Madame Michèle-Catherine Vasarely; certificate from Mme. Vasarely accompanies the lot. Victor Vasarely is widely considered a pioneer of Op Art. From a young age, Vasarely was fascinated with the natural and physical sciences. By his early 20s, his scientific interests took on a decidedly visual dimension. Deciding that the fields of quantum and astrophysics "had reached the limits of what could be explained and that art offered a way, through plastic equivalents, of making scientific models visually comprehensible," (1) Vasarely sought formal art training at the Muhely, a Bauhaus-influenced art and design school in Budapest. By the mid-1950s, like many Constructivist artists decades prior, Vasarely began to formalize his theories as manifestos. In "Manifeste Jaune," Vasarely first outlined his idea of "plastic kinetics" where movement in a painting "does not rely on composition nor a specific subject, but on the apprehension of the act of looking, w
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-03-07
