Made in Britain Day Auction

Made in Britain Day Auction

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Property from the Collection of Jeffrey Archer

Bridget Riley, R.A.

Development of Movement 1 Ground A Study 2

Live auction begins on:

June 7, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Bid

22,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Jeffrey Archer

Bridget Riley

b. 1931

Development of Movement 1 Ground A Study 2

 

signed Bridget Riley, titled and dated ’87 (lower edge in the margin)

gouache on paper

unframed (sheet): 28 by 35cm.; 11 by 13¾in.

framed: 29 by 32.5cm.; 11½ by 12¾in.

Executed in 1987.


We are grateful to the Bridget Riley Archive for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

Donated by the Artist to a charity auction in the 1980s, where acquired by the present owner

Contemporary Art Society Market, London (details untraced)

‘I don’t paint light. I present a colour situation which releases light when you look at it’

(BRIDGET RILEY, QUOTED PAUL MOORHOUSE, ED., BRIDGET RILEY, EXH. CAT., LONDON, TATE BRITAIN, 2003, P. 18).