Details
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997)
Cingshà
signed, titled and dated ‘VASARELY »CINGSHÀ« 1949-53' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
87 x 80cm.
Painted in 1949-1953
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1987, lot 37.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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'Painting and sculpture become anachronistic terms: it's more exact to speak of bi-, tri- and multidimensional plastic art. We no longer have distinct manifestations of a creative sensibility, but the development of a single plastic sensibility in different spaces' - Victor Vasarely

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