LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic on linen

Measurements:

90.51 in. (229.90 cm.) (height) by 90.51 in. (229.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Riley '66' (on the overlap); signed, titled and dated 'STATIC 2 Riley 1966' (on the stretcher)

Exhibited:

Venice, XXXIV Biennale, Bridget Riley, June-September 1968. This exhibition later travelled to Bochum, Städtische Kunstgalerie, November-December 1968 and Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, January-March 1969. London, Hayward Gallery, Bridget Riley: Paintings and Drawings, 1951-1971, July-September 1971, no. 40. London, Serpentine Gallery, Bridget Riley, Paintings from the 1960s and 70s, June-August 1999, no. 20 (illustrated in colour, p. 85). Dusseldorf, Kunstverein, Bridget Riley, Ausgewählte Gemälde, 1961-1999, October 1999-January 2000 (illustrated in colour, p. 25). New York, Dia Center for the Arts, Bridget Riley: Reconnaissance, September 2000-June 2001 (illustrated in colour, p. 83). London, Tate Britain, Bridget Riley, June-September 2003, no. 18 (illustrated in colour, p. 73).

Literature:

Bridget Riley, Paintings 1982-2000 and Early Works on Paper, exh. cat., New York, Pace Wildenstein, 2000 (illustrated in colour, p. 6).

Provenance:

Pace Wildenstein, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000.