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Byzantium
Details
BRIDGET RILEY (B. 1931)
Byzantium
signed, titled and dated 'RILEY 1969 'BYZANTIUM' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
65 3⁄8 x 146 5/8in. (166 x 372.4cm.)
Painted in 1969
Byzantium
signed, titled and dated 'RILEY 1969 'BYZANTIUM' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
65 3⁄8 x 146 5/8in. (166 x 372.4cm.)
Painted in 1969
Provenance
Rowan Gallery, London.
The Lambert Collection, France (acquired from the above in 1972).
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 3 July 1987, lot 1111.
Private Collection, Germany.
Anon. sale, Neumeister Auctions Munich, 23 May 2007, lot 395.
The George Economou Collection, Greece (acquired at the above sale).
David Zwirner, London.
Acquired from the above by The Peter Simon Collection in 2021.
The Lambert Collection, France (acquired from the above in 1972).
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 3 July 1987, lot 1111.
Private Collection, Germany.
Anon. sale, Neumeister Auctions Munich, 23 May 2007, lot 395.
The George Economou Collection, Greece (acquired at the above sale).
David Zwirner, London.
Acquired from the above by The Peter Simon Collection in 2021.
Literature
M. de Sausmarez, Bridget Riley, London 1970, p. 128, no. 82 (illustrated in colour, p. 112).
Bridget Riley: The Stripe Paintings, exh. cat., London, David Zwirner, 2014 (installation view at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 2008 illustrated in colour, p. 172).
R. Kudielka, A. Tommasini and N. Naish (eds.), Bridget Riley: The Complete Paintings, Volume 1, 1959-1973, London 2018, no. BR 121 (detail illustrated in colour, pp. 296-297; illustrated in colour, pp. 298-299).
Bridget Riley: Past into Present, exh. cat., London, David Zwirner, 2021 (installation view at Kunstverein Hannover in 1970 illustrated, p. 85).
Bridget Riley: The Stripe Paintings, exh. cat., London, David Zwirner, 2014 (installation view at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 2008 illustrated in colour, p. 172).
R. Kudielka, A. Tommasini and N. Naish (eds.), Bridget Riley: The Complete Paintings, Volume 1, 1959-1973, London 2018, no. BR 121 (detail illustrated in colour, pp. 296-297; illustrated in colour, pp. 298-299).
Bridget Riley: Past into Present, exh. cat., London, David Zwirner, 2021 (installation view at Kunstverein Hannover in 1970 illustrated, p. 85).
Exhibited
London, Rowan Gallery, Bridget Riley: Recent Paintings and Drawings, 1969, no. 4 (incorrectly titled 'Red with Blue and Green running through, diagonal').
Hanover, Kunstverein Hannover, Bridget Riley, 1970-1971, p. 97, no. 52 (illustrated in colour, p. 75). This exhibition later travelled to Bern, Kunsthalle Bern; Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna; London, Hayward Gallery and Prague, National Gallery Prague.
London, Serpentine Gallery, Bridget Riley: Paintings from the 1960s and 70s, 1999, pp. 30-31, 100 and 113, no. 27 (illustrated in colour, pp. 98-99).
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Bridget Riley: Selected Paintings 1961-1999, 1999-2000, pp. 80 and 143 (illustrated in colour on the front and back covers and p. 81).
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Bridget Riley: Rétrospective, 2008, pp. 230 and 298, no. 27 (illustrated in colour, pp. 228-229).
Hanover, Kunstverein Hannover, Bridget Riley, 1970-1971, p. 97, no. 52 (illustrated in colour, p. 75). This exhibition later travelled to Bern, Kunsthalle Bern; Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna; London, Hayward Gallery and Prague, National Gallery Prague.
London, Serpentine Gallery, Bridget Riley: Paintings from the 1960s and 70s, 1999, pp. 30-31, 100 and 113, no. 27 (illustrated in colour, pp. 98-99).
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Bridget Riley: Selected Paintings 1961-1999, 1999-2000, pp. 80 and 143 (illustrated in colour on the front and back covers and p. 81).
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Bridget Riley: Rétrospective, 2008, pp. 230 and 298, no. 27 (illustrated in colour, pp. 228-229).
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