452 - Based on a design by Victor VASARELY (1906–1997)

Based on a design by Victor VASARELY (1906–1997) Chess Set Silkscreen print mounted under Plexiglas and 32 Plexiglas pieces, including 16 polished and 16 translucent pieces. Numbered 100/1500 on the certificate of authenticity Chessboard not numbered The certificate of authenticity, along with booklets on Vasarely’s chessboard, will be provided to the purchaser. NOTICE Victor Vasarely was born in Pécs, Hungary, in 1906. After two years of medical studies in Budapest, he enrolled in 1929 at Sándor Bortnyik’s Mühely—considered the Bauhaus of Budapest—where he immersed himself in Constructivism. Settling in Paris in 1930, he worked as a graphic designer for the agencies Havas, Draeger, and Dewambez; his “Zebras” from the late 1930s are regarded as one of the earliest manifestations of optical art. He began exhibiting at Denise René’s gallery in 1946, and his stays in Belle-Île and then Gordes between 1947 and 1958 steered him toward geometric abstraction. In 1955, he participated in the exhibition “Le Mouvement” at the Denise René Gallery alongside Agam, Soto, Tinguely, and Calder, and published the Yellow Manifesto, the founding document of kinetic art. His “plastic alphabet”—a system of interchangeable units—later inspired the “Vega” series and a reproducible work integrated into architecture. Recognized as the father of Op Art following “The Responsive Eye” at MoMA in 1965, he opened an educational museum in Gordes in 1970, followed by the Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence and the museum in Pécs in 1976. He died in Paris in 1997.