Four Colours, Black and White

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In 1979-80 Bridget Riley ‘… visited the Nile Valley and the museum at Cairo, and was able to study, at first hand, the tombs of the later Pharoahs in the Valley of the Kings. Riley was astonished by the art she found in these ancient burial sites carved out of rock and located deep in the earth. These sacred places were dedicated to the dead, yet the tomb decoration was a vivid evocation of life and light [...] In looking at the art and craft of Ancient Egypt in the Cairo Museum, Riley recognised that the same colours had been used in all aspects of the Egyptians’ material lives, from the decorative to the purely functional’

Paul Moorhouse, Bridget Riley, exh. cat., Tate Britain, London, 2003, p. 22.

Paul Moorhouse, Bridget Riley, exh. cat., Tate Britain, London, 2003, p. 22.

Four Colours, Black and White

Bridget Riley

Artist: Bridget Riley (b.1931)
Title: Four Colours, Black and White
Medium: Gouache on wove paper
Date: 1981
Size: 43 1/3 in x 32 1/4 in : 110.0 x 82.0 cm
Inscriptions: Signed and dated by the artist lower right, titled 'Study - Four colours, black and white' lower left
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist
Galerie Heinz Teufel, Stuttgart
Robert Sandelson, London
Private Collection, USA
Exhibited: Galerie Heinz Teufel, Stuttgart, 1981
Reference: AC21-32