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Carlos Cruz-Diez
Physichromie 1496
- Estimate
- $250,000 - 350,000
$250,000
Lot Details
silkscreen and acrylic strips, in artist’s frame
signed with the artist’s initials, inscribed, titled and dated "PHYSICHROMIE 1496 CRUZ-DIEZ PARIS 2007 C. D" on a plaque on the reverse
39 5/8 x 78 3/4 in. (100.5 x 200 cm.)
Executed in 2007.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Venezuelan | B. 1923 D. 2019Carlos Cruz-Diez moved from his native Caracas to Paris in 1960. He is a major protagonist in the field of kinetic and Op Art, a movement based on "an awareness of the instability of reality."
Inspired by such artists as Georges Seurat and Josef Albers, his work focuses on the kinetic energy of color and its existence as an autonomous and evolving reality, independent from form or structure. Much of his work, in particular his Physichromie series, is created by plotting lines of contrasting color alongside each other, creating an illusion of movement as the viewer's position relative to the artwork shifts.
Browse ArtistInspired by such artists as Georges Seurat and Josef Albers, his work focuses on the kinetic energy of color and its existence as an autonomous and evolving reality, independent from form or structure. Much of his work, in particular his Physichromie series, is created by plotting lines of contrasting color alongside each other, creating an illusion of movement as the viewer's position relative to the artwork shifts.