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Property from a New England Collection
VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997)
Orion-MC
Details
VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997)
Orion-MC
signed 'Vasarely' (lower right); signed again, inscribed, titled and dated 'Vasarely "ORION-MC" 1963 124. Rue La Boétie, Paris 8e' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper collage on panel
83 x 79 in. (210.8 x 200.7 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
Orion-MC
signed 'Vasarely' (lower right); signed again, inscribed, titled and dated 'Vasarely "ORION-MC" 1963 124. Rue La Boétie, Paris 8e' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper collage on panel
83 x 79 in. (210.8 x 200.7 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
Provenance
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1965
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1965
Literature
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, "Art from France in the United States," French News: Theatre and Arts, no. 28, Summer 1965, p. 29 (illustrated).
Victor Vasarely: The Birth of Op Art, exh. cat., Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2018, p. 37, fig. 21 (illustrated in situ).
Victor Vasarely: The Birth of Op Art, exh. cat., Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2018, p. 37, fig. 21 (illustrated in situ).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; St. Louis Art Museum; Seattle Art Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art, The Responsive Eye, February-April 1965, p. 26, no. 118 (illustrated).
Further details
The authenticity of the present work has been confirmed by Pierre Vasarely, President of the Fondation Vasarely, universal legatee and the moral right holder of Victor Vasarely. This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint de Victor Vasarely, which is currently being compiled by the Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence.
Brought to you by
Kathryn Marber
Specialist, Head of Sale, Post-War to Present