Bridget Riley (b. 1931)
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Bridget Riley (b. 1931)

Sound

Details
Bridget Riley (b. 1931)
Sound
signed and dated 'Riley 73' (on the turnover edge); signed, titled and dated 'RILEY SOUND 73' (on the reverse); signed, titled and dated 'RILEY SOUND 1973' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on linen
38½ x 38¼in. (97.8 x 97cm.)
Painted in 1973
Provenance
Rowan Gallery, London.
Minami Gallery, Tokyo.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 8 February 2006, lot 61.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Bridget Riley, February-March 1975, no. 14.
Special Notice
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Lot Essay

'I think that if one thinks of what music actually is, (...) a variety of sounds, (...) some wind, some string, some drums, and all these various amazing varieties, which are organised according to really strict structure, and the two, that complements them, and helps them to be heard, helps them to play literally their real character. So the drum is really a drum, you know, if it's properly placed within beats and bars. And so that it was that you need not be afraid of a very strict structure in dealing with sensory matters, because it can enhance them and support them.' (B. Riley, quoted in 'John Tusa Interview with the Artist Bridget Riley' reproduced at www.bbc.co.uk).

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