BRIDGET RILEY | Four Colours, Black and White - Visual Grey Series

Collection Bankhaus Oppenheim, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although there is more green undertones in the blue than 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 slightly. Very close inspection reveals some light creasing in isolated places throughout and tiny dog hears to the lower left and upper right hand corner tips. Close inspection reveals some tiny spots of paper skinning towards the upper left corner.
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“The masses, open and closed spaces, the lines, tones and colours can be organised in a parallel way. It is as though these relationships are built up in all their complexity to provide a vehicle for those things which cannot be objectively identified but which can nevertheless be expressed in this way” (Paul Moorhouse, ‘A Dialogue with Sensation: The Art of Bridget Riley’, in: Exh. Cat., London, Tate Britain, Bridget Riley, 2003, p. 23).