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2861 - Victor Bonato (1934 Cologne – 2019)
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Victor Bonato (1934 Cologne – 2019) "Glass-Mirror-Deformation" "7/1972 Bronze Parsol." Original title Large glass-mirror object by Bonato from 1972/73. Signed and dated (19)72 on the reverse. Signed, titled, and numbered on the studio label as No. 13 in an edition of 30, marked “silver-plated: May 1973.” The artist, together with Joachim Bandau, was a co-founder of the Cologne-based artist group “K-66” and began creating glass mirror deformations in 1969 with the aim of disrupting visual and behavioral habits, comparable to the kinetic art and Optical Art of Adolf Luther. Starting in 1979, he also created three-dimensional mirror objects and twisted glass mirrors. In 1984–85, he created the Troisdorf City Gates together with Bandau; in 1987, he was appointed to a teaching position in the Department of Art and Design at the Bergische Universität-Gesamthochschule Wuppertal. Bonato was a member of the West German Artists’ Association and the German Artists’ Association. 104 cm x 104 cm. Framed. Provenance: from a private collection in southern Germany. Object with Deformed Mirror, 1972–73. Signed and dated on the reverse. Additionally signed, titled, and dated on a studio label; no. 13 of an edition of 30.
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International Fine Art Auction No. 198 - PART IIIAuction house
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