"Blue Velvet" by Yvaral Original Limited Edition Serigraph on Paper Hand Signed by the Artist Image Size: 24.5" x 24.5" Paper Size: 29.5" x 29.5" Edition Number: 11/200 100 percent guarantee of authenticity Condition: has a minor handling marks on top/ not affect image (see photos) Certificate of Authenticity and appraisal is included. Yvaral Yvaral was born in Paris on January 25, 1934, the son of the renowned artist Vasarely who emphasizes the necessity of synthesis between art and science, equally a master in his own right and by whom Yvaral was deeply influenced in his artistic expression and today exhibits eminence in his incandescent style. Yvaral lived with his parents until 1954. In 1950 he began studying at the Applied Arts School in Paris, specializing in publicity, graphics, and sketching. While at the school he won first prize in the competition of ?Art Today?s? magazine cover. He graduated in 1953 and the enlisted in the military where he would serve from 1954-1957. He would then began his first constructive researches in abstract art which are now constantly on exhibition at the Salon des Realites Nouvelles in France. Yvaral is the co-founder of the Visual Group of Researches, which is the most serious endeavor in his contribution to the arts throughout the world, is now recognized internationally as a highly talented artist in abstract geometric art. He participates in principal showings such as The Responsive Eye, New York; Biennale of Paris; Light and Movement; Painting and Sculpture of a Decade; Nouvelle Tendance and the Tate Gallery. His works are on permanent exhibition at the Gallery Denise Rene, Saint-German, Paris. His works appear in many major private collections throughout the world as well as being on exhibition to the public in the following galleries and museums: Museum of Modern Art, New York Bilbao Museum Newark Museum Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb Tate Gallery, London Philadelphia Museum Museum of Modern Art, Paris Museum of Modern Art, Teheran Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo