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A large framed etching from 1973 after the gouache y = -x² + bx + c, red-green ('l'œuvre n°83') from 1933 by the Belgian artist Georges Vantongerloo (1886-1965). The etching comes from the portfolio “ Abstraction création art non figuratif 1932-1936 ”. This portfolio was published in 1973 in a limited edition of 150 copies in Paris. -Signed with the artist's stamp ('G. Vantongerloo') and hand-signed in pencil by the artist Max Bill (1908-1994) on the back of the etching: “Exécutée avec L'autorisation de Max Bill”. -Framed in a wooden 'Barth' frame with glass plate. Can be hung directly on the wall. -Dimensions: Frame, 87 x 69 x 3 cm. Sheet, 84 x 66 cm. Image, 83 x 65 cm. Picture, 70 x 36 cm. -Origin: From the estate of Rob Mevius (1948-2024). -Condition: In good condition with slight discolouration of the paper, especially the brown frame. Please see all photos for your own impression. Can be hung directly on the wall.
Information about the artists Georges Vantongerloo and Max Bill: Georges Vantongerloo (24 November 1886, Antwerp – 5 October 1965, Paris) was a Belgian artist, architect, theorist and co-founder of the De Stijl group. -Education: From 1905 to 1909 he studied at the Academies of Fine Arts in Antwerp and Brussels. While living and working on architectural designs in the Netherlands during the years of the First World War, Vantongerloo became part of the circle of Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck and Theo van Doesburg , who founded the magazine 'De Stijl' in 1917. Shortly after his return to Brussels in 1918 he moved to France, where he met Max Bill , who was to become a lifelong friend and the organiser of many Vantongerloo exhibitions. In 1924 Vantongerloo published his pamphlet 'L'Art et son avenir' and in 1931 he joined the group Abstraction-Création , which included Piet Mondrian, Barbara Hepworth, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Wassily Kandinsky, Josef Albers, László Moholy-Nagy and Max Bill. From the late 1930s, Vantongerloo distanced himself from the straight line in favour of the curved line, which produced influential work characterised by more lyrical compositions and plays with transparency, colour and light.
Max Bill (22 December 1908, Winterthur, Switzerland – 9 December 1994, Berlin, Germany) was a Swiss polymath: an artist, architect, industrial designer, graphic designer, and teacher. He attended the Bauhaus school, where he was taught by Josef Albers, László Moholy-Nagy, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Oskar Schlemmer. Bill remained closely associated with the Bauhaus school and was a key figure in the development and dissemination of its principles, notably through his professorship at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich and as founder of the Ulm School of Design. Through his pursuit of a new visual language that could be understood through the senses alone, Bill defined the conventions of Swiss design for decades to come. His influence even extended as far as South America, where he was a catalyst for the Concrete Art movement.
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In good condition with slight discoloration of the paper, especially the brown frame.
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Ready to hang on the wall.
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