Quadrilatères Entrebaillés

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Vera Molnár François Molnár

1974

Plotter Drawing

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Quadrilatères Entrebaillés is an early example of Vera Molnár’s exploration of order and disorder—a theme she pursued throughout her work.

Molnár’s practice was built on strict systems, disturbed by small variations. She called this approach “1 percent disorder,” keeping a structure intact while introducing slight shifts that disrupted its regularity.

This drawing was created with a pen plotter that executed programmed instructions as ink lines on paper. A sequence of overlapping squares decreases in size as it moves inward, with slight rotations introduced along the way. As the squares get smaller and rotate further off the axis, they lose their regularity and no longer look like squares. The result is an image where order gives way to distortion, creating a sense of depth in the composition. The lines are precise and even, giving the work a mechanical appearance and displaying effects that would be difficult to achieve by hand.

Squares remained central to Molnár’s work for the rest of her career. She once said: “My life consists of squares, lines, and nothing else.”