Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles) / Bridget Riley
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.170
- Title
- Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles)
- Artist
- Bridget Riley
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Medium and Support
- gouache and pencil on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- England (country)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- England (country)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Op art
- Inscription
- Signed in pencil, left side below center: "Bridget Riley '72/Interlacing Triangles"
- On back: "R 11-17"
- Dimensions
- 58.5 cm x 60.5 cm (23 1/16 in. x 23 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- study
- Secondary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- pencil drawing and gouache on paper
- Subject Matter
- The top row of triangles employs the colors mustard yellow, lilac and teal; the bottom row’s triangles are painted in taupe, sage and dusty violet. One of the triangles in this row is left unpainted, which shows the precisely measured and drawn lines that form the triangular composition.
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- drawings
- geometric abstraction
- geometric shapes
- gouaches
- hard-edge
- op art
- triangles
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 909 x 901
- File Size
- 35 KB
- Record
- 1983/1.170
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-1.170/1983_1.170.jpg
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"Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles); Bridget Riley." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-1.170/1983_1.170.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
