NEW YORK - Sotheby’s announced it will offer Chant 2, the most important painting by Bridget Riley (b.1931) ever to come to the market, in its Evening Auction of Contemporary Art on Tuesday, 1st July 2008. Estimated at £2-3 million, Chant 2 is arguably the single most pivotal and groundbreaking work in the entire output of this much celebrated and highly regarded British artist. It was executed in 1967 and in the following year Riley triumphed at the 34th Venice Biennale, winning the International Prize for Painting, with a show that included this work. She was the first British artist ever to win the prize.
As her very first large-scale inception of colour, Chant 2 has appeared in most of Riley’s major...
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