5 serigraphs in colors on variously colored cardboard
France, 1987
Victor Vasarély (1908-1997) – French painter and graphic designer of Hungarian origin, co-founder of Op art
Each signed at the lower right ‘Vasarely’
Each numbered and inscribed in pencil at the lower left ‘HC VIII/XXXV’
Dimensions: 51 x 65 cm, 70 x 48 cm, 73 x 43 cm, 65 x 54 cm, 72 x 46 cm, one of them in landscape format
Very good condition
Interesting collection, showing Victor Vasarely’s motivic range; his early, large-format graphics fetch up to €72,000 at international auctions

Victor Vasarely’s was interested in studying the optical possibilities offered by the graphic art. Based on different themes, ranging from stylized figurative to geometric and abstract, he created visual effects of space and energy that were to be creating surprising and irritating optical effects for the viewer. Theses collection of five serigraphs in colors gives a very nice impression of the motivic spectrum of the artist and the resulting different effects.



The pieces are each signed at the lower right as well as inscribed and numbered at the lower left ‘HC VIII/XXXV’’. The sheets are in a very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear. The sizes of the images range from 51 x 65 cm to 73 x 43 cm, while the dimensions of the sheets measure 63 x 75 cm, 82 x 58 cm, 85 x 54.6 cm, 77 x 63.2 cm and 85 x 56 cm.



Victor Vasarely (1906-1997)

Victor Vasarely was born in Pécs in Hungary in 1906. He started studying at the Podolini-Volkmann Academy in Budapest in 1927. In 1930 he moved to Paris where he successfully worked as a graphic designer and started exploring the effect of geometric patterns on the senses. Through that interest he created his own geometric abstractions. The variations of these are image patterns with kinetic effects on the viewer. With this concept Vasarely created the basis and a fundament for the origins of Op Art. Between 1955 and 1968 he regularly took part in the documenta. In 1976 he opened his Vasarely foundation in Aixe-en-Provence and helped to build an institute for architecture. In the same year the city Pécs, where he was born, honored him with a Vasarely museum. A second museum opened in 1987 at the castle Zichy in Budapest. (nlu)

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