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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 15, 2019 | Christie's | London | The George Michael Collection Evening Auction | 4 | $****** - ****** | Songbird | |||
Feb 6, 2004 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art - Day Sale | 119 | $****** - ****** | Songbird |
paintings
106.7 x 93 cm (42.01 x 36.61 in)
oil on linen
signed and dated 'Riley 82' (on the right turnover edge), signed again, titled and dated again 'Songbird 1982 Riley' (on the reverse)
Juda Rowan Gallery, London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 6 February 2004, lot 119.
Timothy Taylor, London.
Acquired from the above by George Michael in 2006.
R. Kudielka, A. Tommasini and N. Naish (eds.), Bridget Riley. The Complete Paintings Volume 2 1974-1997, London 2018, p. 614, no. BR 244 (with incorrect orientation, illustrated in colour, p. 615).
signed and dated 'Riley 82' (on the right turnover edge); signed again, titled and dated again 'Songbird 1982 Riley' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
42 x 36 ⅝in. (106.7 x 93cm.)
Painted in 1982
