Details
BRIDGET RILEY (B. 1931)
Streak 2
signed, titled and dated 'Riley STREAK 2 1979' (on the reverse); signed, titled and dated 'Riley STREAK 2 1979' (on the stretcher); signed and dated 'Riley '79' (on the turnover edge)
acrylic on linen
45 ¾ x 99 1/8in. (116.2 x 251.8cm.)
Painted in 1979
Provenance
The Rowan Gallery, London.
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano.
Private Collection, Europe.
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, London.
Acquired from the above by The Peter Simon Collection in 2011.
Literature
M. Gray, 'An Art History Lesson from Bridget Riley at the De La Warr Pavillion', in Apollo, 12 August 2015, digital (installation view illustrated in colour).
R. Kudielka, A. Tommasini and N. Naish (eds.), Bridget Riley: The Complete Paintings, Volume 2, 1974-1997, London 2018, no. BR 196 (detail illustrated in colour, pp. 500-501; illustrated in colour, pp. 502-503).
G. Dominic, ''Bridget Riley' Review: The Varieties of Visual Experience; A retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery revels in the pleasures of sight itself', in Wall Street Journal, 6 January 2020, digital.
Exhibited
London, Tate Britain, Bridget Riley, 2003, pp. 235 and 241, no. 39 (illustrated in colour, pp. 142-143).
Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bridget Riley: Paintings and drawings 1961-2004, 2004-2005, pp. 4 and 168, no. 25 (illustrated in colour on the front and back covers and pp. 92-93). This exhibition later travelled to Wellington, City Gallery Wellington.
Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Bridget Riley: Bilder und Zeichnungen 1959-2005, 2005, pp. 4 and 207, no. 29 (illustrated in colour on the front and back covers and pp. 120-121).
Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion, Bridget Riley: The Curve Paintings 1961-2014, 2015, p. 48 (illustrated in colour, pp. 22-23).
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery, Bridget Riley, 2019, p. 278, no. 41 (illustrated in colour, pp. 102-103). This exhibition later travelled to London, Hayward Gallery.

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