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A Op Art abstract color screenprint, "Planetary Folklore" 1968, by Victor Vasarely (1906-1997).
This very striking work by Vasarely is …
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A Op Art abstract color screenprint, "Planetary Folklore" 1968, by Victor Vasarely (1906-1997).
This very striking work by Vasarely is comprised of various colorful geometric shapes, the work is signed lower right "Vasarely" and numbered lower left "2/250. This is an early and crisp impression in excellent condition and housed under glass in a gilt & silvered hardwood frame.
This very eye-catching work by one of the 20th century's leading Op artists is ready to hang on your wall.
14" x 14.50" at sight without frame
Numered 2/250
A Franco-Hungarian painter, Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) first studied medicine before turning to art. In Budapest, he frequented artists from the Hungarian Bauhaus (Mühely) borrowing their main principles. In 1930, Vasarely moved to Paris. At the time an advertising graphic designer, he simultaneously developed an artistic language from which op art emanated (Bridget Riley, Yaacov Agam).
Op art plays with the perception of space, and the fallibility of the eye through illusions and optical games, drawing some of its influences from the kinetic art of Alexander Calder. Convinced that art should be accessible to all, Vasarely uses mass production processes worthy of industrial assembly line production. Like Andy Warhol's Pop Art, it is thanks to the multiplication of images that it gains in popularity. In the 1960s/70s, its success was phenomenal, the colorful illusions of distorted spaces interfered in everyone's daily life, in fashion, decoration, major brands, music, and automobiles but also in the urban environment. In those years, the** Vasarely Foundation** was born in Aix-en-Provence and has since worked to bring the legacy of the master of op art to life.
After these decades of ultra-popularity, Vasarely's art encountered a form of disaffection in the 1990s, which was felt in his rating. The Vasarely retrospective, the sharing of forms presented at the Centre Pompidou in 2019 allows a certain revival. Three months before its opening, the painting Nebulus (1978) found a buyer for more than $530,000.
Vasarely's work is housed in many prominent museums & galleries globally.
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- Dimensions
- 26ʺW × 2ʺD × 25.5ʺH
- Styles
- Op Art
- Art Subjects
- Abstract
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Artist
- Victor Vasarely
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- Hungary
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Lithograph
- Paper
- Screen Print
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Green
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Condition Excellent Condition less
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