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Victor VasarelyTecoma - 1972 - Victor Vasarely - Lithograph1972
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Tecoma is a wonderful colored lithograph with a black, blue, pink abstract composition realized by Victor Vasarely in 1972.
The plate is from the portfolio Octal edited by Bruckmann Publisher, München in 1972 and with the text of Michel Butor.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right in pencil.
Exemplary out of the signed edition of 150 copies and the unsigned edition of 850 copies.
Victor Vasarely was born in Pées in 1908.
He studied in Hungary, at the Padolini-Volkmann Academy. Later on, he attended the school Muhely in Budapest. Here, he met the constructivist Kandinsky. In 1930, he moved to Paris, where he began working as graphic designer in the advertising sector, getting in contact with groups of artists. In 1944, he took part in the foundation of the Galleria Denise Réné of Paris, where he organized his first show.
Some portraits realized in the mid 40s prove his interest in post-Cubist painting. The artist began exploring art concepts, focusing more and more on the relation between aesthetic research and industrial society. Vasarely became the protagonist of Kinetic Art, realizing artworks in both two and three dimensions. He sought dynamism on the painting surface, and thought about the optical and psychological effects of the work on the public.
The artist is considered one of the founders of Op-Art, the international art movement that originated at the end of the 50s and that developed the concepts of Bauhaus, Futurism, and Dadaism.
In 1970, the artist created a Didactic Museum at his Castle of Gordes in France. In 1976, the Museum Vasarely was founded in Pées.
- Creator:Victor Vasarely (1906 - 1997, French, Hungarian)
- Creation Year:1972
- Dimensions:Height: 14.97 in (38 cm)Width: 12.01 in (30.5 cm)
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- Condition:Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
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Victor Vasarely
Widely considered the grandfather of Op art, the French-Hungarian painter Victor Vasarely (1906–97) created eye-popping geometric abstractions that play with the viewer’s perception of depth, perspective and motion. A classic example is the 1937 Zebra, which consists of undulating black and white stripes that suggest the form of the titular animal through optical trickery. The work is often credited as the earliest Op art painting.
Such illusions were more than pleasing tricks for Vasarely, who insisted that “pure form and pure color can signify the world.” He wanted to “democratize” art by producing works in large editions at reasonable prices that were understandable across national and cultural boundaries. In the 1960s, he developed an alphabet plastique, or fine art alphabet, consisting of elementary visual building blocks that could be used in endless combinations to create original compositions. By employing this universal visual vocabulary and stripping away topical references, he sought to create what he called a “Planetary Folklore.”
Embodying Vasarely’s singular belief that art should serve a social function, accessible to all, these innovations may perhaps be his greatest contribution to 20th-century art.
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