"Korna" - Posi

(After) Victor Vasarely (1906 – 1997, French/Hungarian) “Korna-Pos” (1976) Limited edition aquatint etching based on Vasarely’s large acrylic on canvas painting that was created circa 1952 and completed in 1972 based on the conceptions prevailing between 1952 and 1960. In the 1950’s, the artist created a series of black and white works consisting of kinetic motion patterns dispersed into grids and divided into small sections, known as his ‘blanc et noir’ period. This aquatint etching was published by Georges Fall, Paris, measures 21 x 28 inches, is numbered 68/150 in the lower left and signed by Vasarely in the lower right. (An aquatint is a print resembling a watercolor, produced from a copper plate etched with nitric acid.)

Literature: Pedro Benavides; Catalogue Raisonee Vol I; Catalogue of Printed Editions 1949-1991 by Victor Vasarely (Published on Oct 28, 2018) pp 184, 190-191, Plates 1976, Korna Posi 751 (750), numbered and signed by the artist. (See Photos)

This image was featured as one of four full page illustrations in the First Edition of the (small limited edition of 25) book, ‘Hommage a Lajos Kassák’, Published by La Maison du Poete, Bruxelles, 1963. ( Kassák is considered to be the main father figure of the literary Hungarian Avant-garde.) The original 81 x 73-inch painting by Vasarely sold at a Munich auction in December 2016 for over $313,000.