Dimensions: 145 x 145 cm
Signed at the bottom: 'Vasarely-'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'P. 1044 VASARELY | 'LYNX' | 145 x 145 | 1979 | Vasarely-"
on the stretcher an exhibition sticker from the Seibu Art Museum in Tokyo
Condition
authenticity confirmed by Pierre Vasarely
The work will be included in the forthcoming catalog raisonné of Victor Vasarely's works
Origin
The Vasarely Center, New York
Private collection, Greenwich (purchase ca. 1980)
Bonhams, New York, 2017
private collection, Europe
Exhibited
Vasarely, Seibu Art Museum, Tokyo, 2.01-25.02.1981
Literature
Vasarely, exhibition catalog, Tokyo, 1981, cat. no. 17, p. 101 (ill.)
Biography
He was of Hungarian descent. He grew up in Budapest. From 1930 he was active in Paris. One of the leading representatives of geometric abstraction, a precursor of op-art, i.e. art that operates with optical illusions. Since the 1950s, he tried to define it by formulating a series of manifestos. He referred to his abstract art as kinetic plastic art, trying to create the impression of movement through the effects used in it. Since 1960, in his theoretical manifestos, the artist has been developing the concept of a plastic alphabet entitled "Planetary Folklore." He wanted to use his plastic ideas to decorate buildings.
