LOT DETAILS

Materials:

emulsion on linen

Measurements:

91.14 in. (231.50 cm.) (height) by 90.94 in. (231.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated ‘CHANT 2 RILEY 1967’ (on the reverse); signed and dated ‘Riley '67’ (on the overlap)

Exhibited:

Venice, British Pavillion, La Biennale Internazionale dell’ Arte, Bridget Riley, 1968 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Bridget Riley, 1969, no. 15 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).Nuremburg, Kunsthalle Nürnberg in der Norishalle, Aus der Sammlung XI, 1994-1995.London, Serpentine Gallery, Bridget Riley: Paintings from the 1960s and 70s, 1999, pp. 30, 92 and 113, no. 24 (illustrated in colour, p. 93).Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Bridget Riley. Ausgewählte Gemälde/Selected Paintings 1961-1999, 1999, pp. 36, 78 and 143 (illustrated in colour, p. 79).London, Tate Britain, Bridget Riley, 2003, pp. 17-18, 96 and 234, no. 22 (illustrated in colour, p. 97).Nuremberg, Neues Museum, Saatliches Museum für Kunst und Design, 2004-2008 (on extended loan).

Literature:

B. Robertson (ed.), Bridget Riley: Paintings and Drawings 1951 – 71, exh. cat., London, Arts Council, 1971, p. 15.W. Horn, J. Helfrecht and J. Butler-Ludwig (eds.), Bridget Riley: Paintings 1982-1992, exh. cat., Nuremberg, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, 1992-1993, pl. 8 (illustrated in colour, p. 25).P. Moorhouse, L. Cooke and R. Kudielka, Bridget Riley: Paintings and Drawings 1961-2004, exh. cat., Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004-2005, p. 11 (illustrated in colour, p. 10).R. Kudielka, Robert Kudielka on Bridget Riley: Essays and Interviews 1972-2003, London 2005, pp. 114, 239 and 260 (illustrated in colour, p. 115).M. Bracewell and B. Riley, Bridget Riley: Flashback, exh. cat., Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums, 2009-2010, p. 15 (illustrated in colour, p. 14).C. Wiggins, M. Bracewell and M. Prather, Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related Work, exh. cat., London, National Gallery, 2010-2011, p. 68.E. Schmidt (ed.), Bridget Riley: Malerei/ Painting 1980 – 2012, exh. cat., Munich, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, 2012, pp. 20, 74 -75, 88 and 144, fig. 3 (illustrated in colour, pp. 20 and 87; detail illustrated in colour, p. 70).M. Findlay, The Value of Art, Money, Power, Beauty, New York 2012, p. 130, no. 36 (illustrated in colour, p. 131).J. Elderfield, P. Moorhouse and R. Kudielka, Bridget Riley: The Stripe Paintings 1961 – 2012, exh. cat., Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, 2013, pp. 35-37 and 43-44 (illustrated in colour, p. 34).

Provenance:

Rowan Gallery, London.Private Collection.Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 19 November 1992, lot 360.Hoh Collection, Fürth.Anon. sale, Sotheby’s London, 1 July 2008, lot 5.Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.