Sinpo

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Sinpo

Entry/Object ID

1999.20.01

Description

screenprint on Arches paper

Type of Print

Serigraph

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, ink

Made/Created

Artist

Victor Vasarely

Date made

1979

Edition

Edition Size

275 and 50 Epreuve d'Artiste (Artists Proof)

Edition Number

F.V. 27/50

Notes

F.V. likely abbreviation for Fondation Vasarely

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Print number and run

Location

lower left below image

Transcription

F.V. 27/50

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Notes

F.V. likely abbreviation for Fondation Vasarely

Type

Signature

Location

lower right below image

Transcription

[illegible]-

Translation

Victor Vasarely

Material/Technique

Pencil, In Artist's Hand

Notes

Consistent with other examples of his signature

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

23-5/8 in

Width

23-5/8 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

"The most prominent of the design-based optical artists to create a large body of prints is Victor Vasarely, whose Hungarian art teacher was a former Bauhaus student. Vasarely has theorized that the integration and inseparability of form and color, which he calls ""plastic unity,"" provides the basis for the construction of infinite numbers of compositions. In most of his works the grouping of units creates contrasts of form and color that stimulate a visual sense of spatial movement. Vasarely had a social message in mind as he developed his compositional ideas: If the content of art consisted purely of color and simple geometric forms, the viewer would not have to bring to its appreciation a personal life-experience. Thus, it has been Vasarely's intention to expand his compositions into architectural components and insure wider distribution of them not only as silkscreen prints but also by manufacturing multiple units with which the possessor could create his own compositions."