Blue And Pink
Blue And Pink
Signed Print
Bridget Riley
£6,000-£9,000 VALUE (EST.)
$11,500-$18,000 VALUE (EST.)
$10,000-$15,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥50,000-¥80,000 VALUE (EST.)
€7,000-€10,500 VALUE (EST.)
$60,000-$90,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥1,110,000-¥1,660,000 VALUE (EST.)
$7,500-$11,000 VALUE (EST.)
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Screenprint, 2001
Signed Print Edition of 90
H 28cm x W 118cm
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Meaning & Analysis
This signed screen print was released in 2001 in an edition of 90. Composed of two colours, blue and pink, as the title suggests, this print features a considerable reduction in the number of colours typical of a Bridget Riley screen print. The irregular serpentine, sweeping forms Blue And Pink is composed of were to occupy the painter’s pictorial interest for a decade. Since her first forays into pure geometric abstraction in the 1960s, Riley has worked in series, each one focusing for several years on a particular formal theme. In this series, the preoccupation lies in the use of repeated curved forms in limited colour combinations. Here, the structures’ curvilinear element evokes a sense of movement and rhythm. In Blue And Pink it is possible to follow a series of implicit diagonal lines, which move from the bottom left to top right of the picture surface, creating a sense of movement.
The colour palette of Blue And Pink is inspired by Henri Matisse’s Paris Dance Mural, 1931-33. In Matisse’s mural, grey figures dance before a background of blue and pink stripes, interspersed with areas of black. In Blue And Pink the coloured shapes themselves dance, their fluid dynamism accentuated by an irregular rhythm: the left hand side of the print is dominated by wide pink forms, whilst the right hand side narrower blue forms take precedence.
