20th Apr, 2021 18:00
Editions: International Prints & Multiples
78
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French 1907-1997)
One plate (from Enigmes)
colour screenprint on Arches paper
Artwork date: 1974
Signature details: signed and numbered 35/250 in pencil along the bottom margin; embossed with the publisher's chop mark
Sold for R11,955
Estimated at R10,000 - R12,000
colour screenprint on Arches paper
Artwork date: 1974
Signature details: signed and numbered 35/250 in pencil along the bottom margin; embossed with the publisher's chop mark
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sheet size: 74.5 x 74.5 cm, unframed
Notes:
Published by Editions Denise René, Paris. From the original Portfolio of 8, from an edition of 250 + 20AP. Considered one of the progenitors of Op Art for his optically complex and illusionistic paintings, Victor Vasarely spent the course of a long, critically acclaimed career seeking, and arguing for, an approach to art-making that was deeply social. He placed primary importance on the development of an engaging, accessible visual language that could be universally understood—this language, for Vasarely, was geometric abstraction, more commonly known as Op Art. Through precise combinations of lines, geometric shapes, colours, and shading, he created eye-popping paintings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. More than pleasing tricks for the eye, Vasarely insisted, “pure form and pure colour can signify the world.”
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Auction: Editions: International Prints & Multiples, 20th Apr, 2021
A first to the local market, Editions: International Prints & Multiples was a special curated auction featuring editioned works by 20th century art legends like Alexander Calder, Antoni Tàpies, Henry Moore, Salvador Dalí, Robert Motherwell, James Rosenquist, Ernest Trova, Richard Smith and Victor Vasarely. It presented a unique opportunity for collectors to acquire works by sought-after, international artists.
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