1979.416: Study for Arrest Series: Image B. Tonal Structure 1

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1979.416

People

Bridget Riley, British (London, England born 1931)

Title

Study for Arrest Series: Image B. Tonal Structure 1

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1965

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295458

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and gray opaque watercolor over graphite on graph paper

Dimensions

actual: 71.3 x 34.3 cm (28 1/16 x 13 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Graphite, u.r.: Bridget Riley '65
• inscription: numerous locations, graphite: [Numerous inscriptions across the sheet]
• label: Removed from backing paper: Richard Feigen Gallery / 24 E. 81st St. / New York 28, N.Y. / Bridget Riley / Image B. Tonal Structure 1 1966 / Gouache & pnecil on graph paper / 28" x 13 1/2" / #12003-D
• label: Removed from backing paper: The Museum of Modern Art / 11 West 53rd Street New York / Bridget Riley (C/E 66-5) / Image B Tonal Structure 1. 1966 / Collection John G. Powers, Aspen Colorado. 66.1047
• label: Removed from backing paper: Museum of Modern Art / LOAN 66.1047 / Powers

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Richard Feigen Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to John G. Powers, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Powers

Copyright

© Bridget Riley

Accession Year

1979

Object Number

1979.416

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Maurice de Sausmarez, Bridget Riley, New York Graphic Society Ltd. (Greenwich, CT, 1970)

Exhibition History

• Bridget Riley: Drawings, State University of New York, Brockpost, 10/01/1966 - 10/22/1966; California Institute of the Arts, 11/07/1966 - 11/28/1966; Illinois Institute of Technology, 01/06/1967 - 01/29/1967; Wilmington College, 02/12/1967 - 03/05/1967; Talladega College, 03/24/1967 - 04/16/1967; Wisconsin Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 05/01/1967 - 05/22/1967; Findlay College, 09/18/1967 - 10/09/1967; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 10/23/1967 - 11/26/1967; Edinboro State College, 01/07/1968 - 01/28/1968; Boise Art Association, 02/09/1968 - 03/11/1968
• Extreme Connoisseurship, Sert Gallery, Cambridge, 12/08/2001 - 04/14/2002
• 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/24/2023 - 10/23/2023

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