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BRIDGET RILEY | Series 35 (Green Added to Red and Blue, plus Magenta and Violet)
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description
- After Bridget Riley
- Series 35 (Green Added to Red and Blue, plus Magenta and Violet)
- signed, titled and dated '79
- gouache on paper
- image: 90.5 by 43 cm. 35 3/4 by 16 7/8 in.
- sheet: 98 by 53 cm. 38 1/2 by 20 7/8 in.
Provenance
Private Collection, United States
Condition
Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate although the overall tonality is cooler in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is hinged verso to the backing board in numerous places and undulates very slightly. Extremely close inspection reveals a minute media accretion to the lower center right of the white boarder and a few tiny splash accretions to the coloured pigment, which look to be original.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“In my recent colour work I have been using stripes, either parallel or twisting around each other, because they are unassertive forms. Form and colour seem to be fundamentally incompatible – they destroy each other. In my earlier work, when I was developing complex forms, the energies of the medium could only be fully released by simplifying colour to a black-and-white constant (with ocassional grey sequences). Conversely colour energies need a virtually neutral vehicle if they are to develop uninhibitedly. The repeated stripe seems to meet these conditions.” Bridget Riley in conversation with Robert Kudielka in: ‘Conversation’, Robert Kudielka on Bridget Riley: Essays and Interviews 1972-2003, p. 20