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What is the work of Victor Vasarely that is made up entirely of curvilinear black and white stripes not contained by contour lines?
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The work of Victor Vasarely that is made up entirely of curvilinear black and white stripes not contained by contour lines is Zebra. Created in 1937, it is often credited as the earliest Op art painting. Today, the work is in a private collection. Shop an assortment of Victor Vasarely art on 1stDibs.
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Victor Vasarely 1980s Optical Illusion Serigraph
By Victor Vasarely
Located in New York, NY
Victor Vasarely (Hungarian/French, 1906-1997)
Enigma, Four Blue Spheres
Serigraph
Sight: 25 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.
Framed: 34 1/3 x 33 1/2 x 1 in.
Numbered lower left: 74/125
Signed lower ...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Victor Vasarely "Zebres 1" 1976 French Op Art Serigraph, Hand Signed & Numbered
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Miami, FL
VICTOR VASARELY – "ZEBRES 1"
⚜ Serigraph ⚜ Hand Signed and Numbered ⚜ Edition of 120
VASARELY’S ICONIC ZEBRAS
Created in 1976 and published by the Foundation Vasarely in an edition ...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Projet de tapisserie, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N°4 (double) Janvier 195...
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1950s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Ailho
By Victor Vasarely
Located in OPOLE, PL
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) - Ailho
Lithograph from 1971.
Dimensions of work: 48 x 40 cm.
Reference: Catalogue Raisonné Vol I par Pedro Benavides n°185.
The work is in Excellent ...
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1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
TallerOr
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairlawn, OH
TallerOr
Screen print printed on "card board" (cream poster board), 1968
Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150 (54/150), plus 11 for the Vasarely Fou...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
VICTOR VASARELY - OEUVRES PROFONDES CINETIQUES I - 1973
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Victor Vasarely
Title: Profound Works I
Year: 1973
Not signed or numbered, as published
Dimensions: 12 in. by 12 in. Framed
Edition: From the Rare Limited Edition
Publisher: Editions du Griffon Neuchatel
Suite: Profound Works
Medium: 3D, Serigraph on Acitate Over Serigraph on Paper
Condition: Excellent
Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, 1906–1997) is known as the father of the Op Art movement. As a painter, he created intricate abstractions that suggested depth and dimensionality using a variety of optical illusions, with surfaces seeming to bulge out of the canvas. His works present color, form, and pattern as a single interconnected element—a concept that was critical to the foundation of the Op Art movement and the focus of his mature works.
Vasarely initially studied medicine at the Budapest University in his early 20s, only to abandon his medical studies to attend to the Muhely Academy, the center of the Bauhaus movement in Budapest. While there, he was profoundly influenced by the work of color theorist and artist Josef Albers, as well as the Constructivist methods promoted by artists such as Wassily Kandinsky. While Vasarely’s earlier work was concerned more with color theory, during the 1950s and 1960s his work became more focused on the optical potential of the two-dimensional surface. He began to use complex and colorful patterns to actively engage the viewer’s eye, and to convey a sense of kinetic energy across the two-dimensional surface.
Vasarely’s work was heavily influenced by his time spent at Breton Beach of Belle Isle...
Category
1970s Op Art Interior Prints
Materials
Screen