Sale: 519 / Post War / Cont. Art II, June 19. 2021 in Munich Lot 471

 

471
Victor Vasarely
EBI-NOOR-2, 1951/58.
Acrylic on board, originally laminated on panel
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050
Sold:
€ 32,500 / $ 34,775

(incl. surcharge)
EBI-NOOR-2. 1951/58.
Acrylic on board, originally laminated on panel.
Bottom center signed. Dated, titled and inscribed with the work number "013" on the reverse. 53.9 x 32 cm (21.2 x 12.5 in). [CH].

• Privately-owned for almost 30 years.
• Vasarely created a stunning optical illusion.
• Victor Vasarely is a founding father of Op-Art
.

This work's authenticity has kindly been confirmed by Pierre Vasarely, president of the Fondation Vasarely, general legatee and owner of Victor Vasarely's moral rights. The work will be included into the forthcoming catalog raisonné of paintings compiled by the Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Denise René, Paris (with a gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection Switzerland.
Private collection Hesse (acquired from aforementioned in 1992, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, November 30, 1992, lot 368).

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 178th auction, Modern Art I, November 30, 1992, lot 368 (with full-page color illu.).




471
Victor Vasarely
EBI-NOOR-2, 1951/58.
Acrylic on board, originally laminated on panel
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050
Sold:
€ 32,500 / $ 34,775

(incl. surcharge)