1977.51: Untitled (recto and verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.51

People

Bridget Riley, British (London, England born 1931)

Title

Untitled (recto and verso)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1964

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296051

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

Dimensions

actual: 43.3 x 62.1 cm (17 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: Bridget Riley '64
• inscription: verso, u.l. corner, graphite, in artist's hand: #11 989
• inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 9- 4 less
• inscription: u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: one less here
• label: Removed from backing board: Richard Feigen Gallery / 24 E. 81st St. / New York 28, N.Y. / Bridget Riley / Untitled 1964 / Ink on paper / 17" x 24 9/16" / #11989-D
• label: Removed from backing board: Richard Feigen Gallery / 226 E. Ontario St. / Chicago, ILL. 60611 / Riley, Untitled / ink on paper, 1964 / 17 x 24 9/16 / #3572-B

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Rowan Gallery, London], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquired through the Deknatel Purchase Fund

Copyright

© Bridget Riley

Accession Year

1977

Object Number

1977.51

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Extreme Connoisseurship, Sert Gallery, Cambridge, 12/08/2001 - 04/14/2002
• 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/24/2023 - 10/23/2023

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