Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection

 

Nationality

Hungarian-French

Artist Dates

1906-1997

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Date of Work

1968

Medium

Serigraph Screen Print (with embossing)

Edition #

260

Signature

Lower Left

Height

15 3/4"

Width

13"

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection

Status

Displayed

Location

Nistler College of Business and Public Administration

Artist Bio

Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist who was born in 1906 in Pécs, Hungary. In 1928 Vasarely enrolled in Budapest's center of Bauhaus studies, otherwise known as a private art school called Műhely. He is best known as a leader in the Op art movement, his brightly colored paintings involve geometric abstraction that present optical illusion to the viewer. Work by Viictor Vasarely can be found in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, the Tate Gallery, and several other collections internationally.

Additional Information

Original screen print in eight colors. 1968. Signed in pencil. From the edition of 260 impressions. Printed at the Arcay Studio, Paris 1968. Issued by the "Print Club of Cleveland Museum", Cleveland USA 1968. With the Print Club stamp on the reverse.

Featured in On the Line: An explanation of a basic element of design (2021-2022).

From inventory sheet 2011:

Original screen print in eight colors. 1968. Signed in pencil. From the edition of 260 impressions. Printed at the Arcay Studio, Paris 1968. Issued by the 'Print Club of Cleveland Museum', Cleveland USA 1968. With the Print Club stamp on the reverse.

Loose label: The Print Club of Cleveland Publication Number 46, 1968 VICTOR VASARELY (born 1980 in Hungary) SIKA-MC Serigraph printed in colors The Print Club of Cleveland, Ohio.

Condition

Very good

Rights

Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”

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