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Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Op-Art Opulence
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by Ashish Chaturvedi
A dizzying pair of amethyst colored Bohemian cut crystal vases from Germany in the 60s - bring to mind the Op-Art works of
Victor Vasarely
or
Verner Panton
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