Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Silk Scarf Design I
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
Victor Vasarely (French artist, 1906 or 1908-1997)
Location:
repository: Vasarely Múzeum (Budapest, Budapest (special city), Hungary) V.71
Location Note:
Paseo del Prado, 8; Victor Vasarely: The Birth of Op Art (Exhibition, June 7-September 9 2018)
GPS:
40.416111-3.695
Date:
1944 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
drawing (visual work)
Work Type 2:
watercolor (painting)
Classification:
Drawings and Watercolors
Material:
gouache on cardboard mounted on board
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
63 cm (height) x 46 cm (width)
Subjects:
abstraction
Description:
An early work as Vasarely transitioned from figural abstraction to geometric forms. Vasarely studied the basics of graphic design at Műhely (Workshop) in Hungary from 1929 to 1930. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothy ssen.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-VASARELY-BOA-SSD -A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Silk Scarf Design I