ID 1425865 
Lot 362  | VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000 
VEGA (2)
signed 'VASARELY' (lower center); signed again, dated, titled and inscribed 'VEGA (2) 1957 No 1033 Vasarely' (on the reverse)
tempera on cardboard mounted on panel
15 5/8 x 20 3/8 in. (39.7 x 51.8 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Provenance
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Nannette and Herbert Rothschild, New York and Ossining, 1958
By descent from the above to the present owners
Literature
G.H. Marcus, ed., Encounters with Modern Art, The Reminiscences of Nanette F. Rothschild, Works from the Rothschild Family Collections, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, p. 105, fig. 82 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Providence, Annmary Brown Memorial, Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Herbert and Nannette Rothschild Collection, October-November 1966, no. 160 (illustrated).
Further Details
The authenticity of the present work has been confirmed by Pierre Vasarely, President of the Fondation Vasarely, universal legatee and the moral right holder of Victor Vasarely. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint de Victor Vasarely, which is currently being compiled by the Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence.
| Artist: | Victor Vasarely (1906 - 1997) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, France, Hungary, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Artist: | Victor Vasarely (1906 - 1997) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, France, Hungary, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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