Victor VasarelyHungarian, French, 1906–1997Abstract Landscape
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Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1979.390
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Victor Vasarely
The whole life2 March 1959
A patent for the method of “plastic units”
On 2 March 1959 Vasarely patents his method of “unités plastiques”: geometric forms are cut out of a coloured square and rearranged, using a strictly defined palette of colours and forms.
11 July 1959 – 11 October 1959
Exhibition: Documenta II
1961
Finally settles in Annet-sur-Marne
In 1961 Vasarely moves from Arcueil, the Paris suburb where he opened an atelier after the Second World War, and finally settles in Annet-sur-Marne in the Seine-et-Marne département.
1963
“Folklore planétaire”: the palette goes public
In 1963 Vasarely presents his palette to the public under the name “Folklore planétaire”; out of this plastic alphabet grows serial art, an endless permutation of forms and colours worked out by his assistants.
