Dimensions: 41 x 41 cm
signed p.d.: 'Vasarely'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: '2815 VASARELY. | 'PINT-DO' | 42 x 42 | 1973 | Vasarely' and transport and deposit stickers
Condition
Authenticity of the work confirmed by Pierre Vasarely. The work will be included in the catalog raisonné being prepared by the Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence
Origin
private collection
Sotheby's, New York, 2016
private collection, Poland
Biography
He was of Hungarian descent. He grew up in Budapest. Since 1930, he was active in Paris. One of the leading representatives of geometric abstraction, a forerunner of op-art, i.e. art operating 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.