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Vassilakis Takis (1925–2019) – Large Female Torso in Gilt Bronze (“Magnetic Evidence”) - Ref 06615
Artcurial Edition, Paris – Numbered 103/1000 III – Signed
France, 1991
Dimensions: H 23.5 cm × W 44 cm × D 31 cm (H 9.25 in × W 17.32 in × D 12.2 in). The dimensions refer to the object as displayed
Materials: Gilt bronze
Provenance: Artcurial Edition, Paris
Condition: Excellent
Includes the certificate of authenticity
This exquisite gilt bronze sculpture by Vassilakis Takis (1925–2019), titled Magnetic Evidence, presents a sensual female torso adorned with six golden nails and a needle poised by magnetic attraction atop the left breast. The work elegantly expresses Takis’s lifelong exploration of energy, magnetism, and the invisible natural forces that animate the universe.
Created in a limited Artcurial edition and numbered 103/1000 III, this signed bronze exemplifies Takis’s remarkable fusion of scientific inquiry, poetic abstraction, and sculptural sensuality. Its radiant gilded surface and magnetic composition reflect the artist’s fascination with the tension between form, force, and space—a hallmark of his celebrated kinetic aesthetic.
Vassilakis Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) was a pioneering Greek kinetic artist who merged art, science, and technology to explore the mysteries of the cosmos. Born in Athens in 1925, he moved to Paris in the 1950s and became one of the most influential figures in postwar European art.
Renowned for his groundbreaking “Signals” series—delicate rods topped with lights and mechanical components that respond to air and vibration—Takis created sculptures that seem to communicate with their surroundings, transforming invisible energy into movement, light, and sound.
Throughout his career, Takis developed sound sculptures, magnetic installations, and performances, experimenting with electricity, magnetism, and audience interaction. His art sought to reveal the unseen forces that connect all matter, what he described as “binding in space, objects, metals, wandering particles of the cosmos.”
Takis’s works are represented in major international institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Guggenheim Museum, the Centre Pompidou, and Tate Modern, which in 2019 presented the largest retrospective of his work in the UK—organized with the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona and the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens.
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