Victor Vasarely * Lot n° 223

(Pecs, Hungary 1906–1997 Paris) Cyclon, 1984, titled, signed and dated on the reverse and inscribed with dimensions and no. 3289, acrylic on canvas, 52 x 51 cm, framed The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Pierre Vasarely, President of the Fondation Vasarely, universal legatee and 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. Provenance: Galleria Centro Steccata, Parma (label on the reverse) European Private Collection "I am not the inventor of the term "cinetism", already used in physics and by Gabo from 1925-1930, not to mention cinema. I believe, however, that my plastic work is the very proof that I am at the source of what has now become cinetism, called in the U.S. "Op-Art" (Optical-Art).” Victor Vasarely