Art + Design 
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Vassilakis Takis 1925–2019

Boule

1967
painted wood, Plexiglas, electromagnet, nails 29 dia in (74 cm)
estimate: $30,000–50,000
result: $30,000
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provenance: Galerie Krikhaar, Amsterdam | Collection of Herman Krikhaar | Thence by descent
exhibited: Takis, 17 November - 16 December 1967, Galerie Krikhaar, Amsterdam
literature: Galerie Krikhaar 1963-1988, Stork, ppg. 61, 114 Galerie Krikhaar, Uschi, unpaginated Takis, exhibition catalog, cover

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Kinetic Magnetism

Vassilakis Takis

Vassilakis Takis with the present lots first exhibited at Galerie Krikaar in 1967.

The only vision I ever had of magnetism was during a conversation with Takis (...) in his studio, looking at his little metal cones hummingly waveringly pulled by like wires straight at their little magnet fathers: and he, Takis, explained to me that the stars were all pulled together with myriad thin invisible wires of magnetism radiating from every start to every other star.

—Allen Ginsberg

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