Modern and Contemporary Art
Monday, 17 November 2008, 07:00 pm
Lot 29
Bridget Riley, 1931 (GB)
Dauphin, 1982
Oil on canvas.
H 1670 mm W 1440 mm D 50 mm.
Verso signed, dated and titled. Re-signed on stretcher, dated and titled. Additionally signed and dated on the side.
| CHF | 700'000 / 1'000'000 |
| EUR | 600'000 / 900'000 |
| USD | 750'000 / 1'100'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 500'000
Annotation:
Provenance: Jeffrey Hoffeld & Co. Inc., New York;
Significant Swiss property, acquired 1986.
Exhibition: Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Das Gedächtnis der Malerei, 27. August - 19. November 2000.
Literature: Sibylle Omlin, Beat Wismer. Das Gedächtnis der Malerei, Ein Lesebuch zur Malerei im 20. Jahrhundert.
Cologne, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2000.
Page 260 (full page color illustration).