Hommage à Malevitsch

Details

Victor Vasarely (1906-1997)
Hommage à Malevitsch
signed, titled and dated 'Vasarely "HOMMAGE à MALEVITSCH" 1953' (on the reverse)
composite marble
35 x 33.5 x 3.5 cm.
Executed in 1953

Provenance

Galerie Von Bartha, Basel.
Private Collection, Switzerland.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present lot is a prototype that was realized to test the choice of materials for the architectural project L’Hommage à Malevitch, a group of ceramic works installed in an open-air passage in the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, Venezuela, in 1954, executed by Vasarely in collaboration with the architect Carlos Villanueva.

Hommage à Malevitsch

Lot Essay

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