Large Fragment 2
Large Fragment 2
Signed Print
Bridget Riley
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 50
Year: 2009
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Sotheby's New York - United States | Large Fragment 2 - Signed Print | |||
| January 2019 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Large Fragment 2 - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Large Fragment 2 (2009), by British Op-Artist Bridget Riley, was released in a signed edition of 50 screen prints. Large Fragment 2 is one of a small handful of works that uniquely enlarge the pattern—of curved verticals and slanting diagonals—that characterizes prints from Riley’s Lozenges series.
This print was arrived at through Riley's process of making studies for other artworks; she has continually expressed the importance of these preparatory studies in the realisation of her final works. The enlarged, undulating wedges and loose sense of pattern in Large Fragment 2 contributes to the artwork’s calming sense of rhythm. The diagonal lines underpinning the composition of other works within the series are still discernible here, now with greater width.
