Lot 195
  • 195

Victor Vasarely

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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Description

  • Victor Vasarely
  • Kat-Tuz
  • signed; signed, titled, dated 1972/75 and numbered P. 884 on the reverse
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 75 1/2 by 75 5/8 in. 191.8 by 192.1 cm.

Provenance

Circle Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, November 16, 2006, lot 193
Private Collection, Europe
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Victor Vasarely, October - November 1977
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, Vasarely, January - February 1981
Milan, Triennale Bovisa, Victor Vasarely, October 2007 - January 2008, p. 238, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the canvas are taped. There is evidence of light wear and handling along the edges including a light abrasion in the upper left corner and a pinhole in the upper right corner. The canvas is buckling slightly. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

"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." Victor Vasarely