Sold for $12,500

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Victor Vasarely

(Hungarian, 1906-1997)

Citra-C, 1955-62

casein on ragboard on wood

signed Vasarely (lower right); signed, titled and dated (verso)

19 x 17 3/4 inches.

Property from the Collections of Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, Sold to Benefit the Student Experience

Provenance:
Galerie Denise Rene, Paris
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
The Pace Gallery, New York
Feigen Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles

Condition Report

There is surface dust and dirt most pronounced along the edges and at the corners; an approximately 4 x 4 inch area of surface scuffing and abrasion to the top ply of the ragboard with corresponding loss to the paint layer in the upper left quadrant; two stray white surface mark in the upper left corner towards upper edge; an isolated area of discoloration at the upper center edge; other wise this work appears to be in overall basic good and stable condition.

Framed: 19 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches.

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