Victor Vasarely

Private Collection, Switzerland
Private Collection, Europe
Private Collection, New York

New York, Sotheby's S|2, Victor Vasarely: Op Star, May - June 2014, cat. no. 24, p. 67, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling along the edges. The canvas is buckling slightly on its stretcher in the upper right and lower left corners. The colors are bright and fresh. There is a very faint black horizontal abrasion mark that extends approximately 15- inches from the lower left edge of the canvas. Under very close inspection there are a few pinpoint yellow media accretions scattered in the center, likely from the time of execution. Under raking light, a few minor and unobtrusive abrasions are visible. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"Vasarely dons the craftsy lab coat instead of the smock and refers to his work as visual research...At the square root of Op Art are the essentially static visual phenomena that enslave and enthrall the eye. The Op artist's job is to turn those illusions into sleights of art."
Jon Borgzinner
"Art: Op Art: Pictures that Attack the Eye," Time Magazine, 23 October 1964