Vera Molnár, François dans l'atelier, 1947
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
François dans l'atelier
1947
Ink on paper
11 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (29.2 x 26 cm)
Titled, dated and signed on reverse, GV (Gács Vera) Molnár
The easel is a very important object in the life of a painter. Like any self-respecting painter, I have always had an easel. When I arrived in Paris, I had an opportunity to visit Sonia Delauney for the first time. She lived on rue Saint Simon (Metro Bac). I remember she had a beautiful large white lacquered easel. This vision changed my life. In this drawing of Francois, my easel was still brown natural wood but after my visit with Sonia Delauney, I always had a white lacquered easel in my studio. It's a very Mondrian-esque easel, it accentuates the line.
-Vera Molnár, 2021
Vera Molnár, 2 Rectangles, 1949
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
2 Rectangles
1949
Gouache on paper
17 x 17 inches (43.2 x 43.2 cm)
Signed and dated LR; signed, titled, and dated on reverse
SOLD
Vera Molnár, Hommage à Malevitch, 1948
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Hommage à Malevitch
1948
Gouache on paper
6 x 4 inches (15.2 x 10.2 cm)
Titled, dated and signed on reverse, Molnár
Initialed and dated on front M/48
SOLD
These two squares remain as inspiration for what I'm doing right now in a series Homage to Goethe. The German poet owned a country house by a river in Weimar and in his garden he designed the first abstract sculpture — a cube surmounted by a globe. When I named this drawing Homage to Malevich, I was not aware of Goethe's sculpture. The sculpture is titled The Stone of Good Fortune and is dedicated to the Goddess Fortuna, the goddess of chance and uncertainty. My own private goddess.
-Vera Molnár, 2021
Vera Molnár, Untitled, 1949
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Untitled
1949
Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper
7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (19.7 x 26 cm)
Initialed and dated on reverse
Vera Molnár, Tout petit des ordres (15.00.50), 1975
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Tout petit des ordres (15.00.50)
1975
Computer generated graphic in ink on Benson plotter paper
21 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (54.6 x 32.4 cm)
Initialed and dated
SOLD
Vera Molnár, Comme Mondrian, 1950
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Comme Mondrian
1950
Gouache and pencil on cardboard,
9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches (25.8 x 18.8 cm)
Molnár
When I made this drawing I was still collaborating with my husband. Artist friends passed by; we had fun discussing Mondrian. We felt we had the "right" to lower a black line at the top (more or less) and thicken a center line (more or less).
-Vera Molnár, 2021
Vera Molnár, Mondrian, 1974
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Mondrian
1974
Computer graphic on Benson plotter paper
19 1/4 x 16 inches 48.9 x 40.6 cm
Initialed and dated lower right
Vera Molnár, 2 Carrés (2 Squares), 1974
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
2 Carrés (2 Squares)
1974
Computer drawing on Benson plotter paper
Paper Size: 20 x 14 1/8 inches (50.8 x 35.9 cm)
Notated along top edge: 74.278 11.14.49
Vera Molnár, Eight Colors, 1971
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Eight Colors
1971
Gouache on paper and collage
10 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (27.3 x 27.3 cm)
SOLD
Vera Molnár, Computer-Icône 12, 1975
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Computer-Icône 12
1975
Cut paper collage
15 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (40.3 x 40.3 cm)
Initialed "vm/75" lower right
The trapezoid is great! It offers the beginning of an escape route to get out of the square where you suffocate quite quickly. The trapezoid was for me the first escape route. Two parallel sides and the other two sides that move freely.
-Vera Molnár, 2021
Vera Molnár, (Des) Ordres, 1974
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
(Des) Ordres
1974
Computer graphic on Benson plotter paper
40 1/4 x 30 3/8 inches (102.2 x 77.2 cm)
Signed "v. molnár/74" lower right
SOLD
Vera Molnár, Hypertransformations of 20 Concentric Squares , 1974
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Hypertransformations of 20 Concentric Squares
1974
Computer generated graphic in ink on Benson plotter paper
20 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches (51.4 x 35.9 cm)
Notated at top: Job for Molnár 74.338 14.34.17
SOLD
At first it was 20 concentric squares and then I injected chance. A mess at the top of the squares. In the center, they remain concentric. I didn't know what I had in mind but I liked the result very much so for once I let myself be influenced by the computer and I worked with it for a long time. The process is complex because it is still exactly what I wanted. Of course, there is a programming error, but the errors speak about ourselves. These are our own mistakes.
-Vera Molnár, 2021
Vera Molnár, Croix, 1969
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Croix (Cross)
1969
Ink and collage on board
Paper Size: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (40 x 40 cm)
Image size: 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (22.23 x 22.23 cm)
Signed and titled on reverse
Vera Molnár, (Des) Ordres, 1976
Vera Molnar
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
(Des) Ordres
1976
Computer graphic on Benson plotter paper
19 1/2 x 14 inches (49.5 x 35.6 cm)
Initialed and dated; Notated 76.115 Job from C27376
Vera Molnár, Untitled, 1950
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Untitled (brown square and orange border)
1950
Watercolor and gouache on paper
8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (21 x 26.7 cm)
Initialed and dated on reverse
SOLD
Vera Molnár, Untitled, ca 1949
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Untitled (checkerboard 24 squares, red and orange)
ca. 1949
Gouache on Canson paper
4.5 x 8.5 inches (11.4 x 21.6 cm)
Dated and initialed lower right
Vera Molnár, Java of 12 Concentric Squares, 1974
Vera Molnar
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Java of 12 Concentric Squares
1974
Computer drawing on Benson plotter paper
21 1/2 x 14 1/8 inches (54.6 x 35.9 cm)
Notated at top: 74.316 15.37.53
Vera Molnár, Electra, 1983
Vera Molnár
(Hungarian-born French, 1924-2023)
Electra
1983
Computer ink on Epson paper
11.81 x 16.54 inches (30 x 42 cm)
I made this drawing at a live demonstration at my booth at the Electra / Numériques exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo (1983) where I was producing "masterpieces" for people who were not interested in it. The exhibition was a great futuristic neo-technical artistic event! There was a ray of light sent from the Eiffel Tower and falling - not on my drawing board but almost - but on the Palais de Tokyo. I made the drawings on the premises and gave them away. I even gave a drawing to the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang.
-Vera Molnár, 2021