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Fragment 1 - Signed Print by Bridget Riley 1965 - MyArtBroker

Fragment 1
Signed Print

Bridget Riley

£14,500-£22,000Value Indicator

$29,000-$45,000 Value Indicator

$26,000-$40,000 Value Indicator

¥130,000-¥200,000 Value Indicator

18,000-27,000 Value Indicator

$140,000-$220,000 Value Indicator

¥2,740,000-¥4,160,000 Value Indicator

$18,000-$28,000 Value Indicator

-8% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 75

Year: 1965

Size: H 66cm x W 84cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Bridget Riley's Fragment 1, a signed screenprint from 1965, is estimated to be worth between £14,500 and £22,000. Over the past 12 months, the artwork has sold 3 times with an average selling price of £12,794. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £10,522 in April 2024 to £42,000 in September 2021. This work demonstrates an average annual growth rate of -8% and has an auction history of 16 total sales since its entry to the market in November 2003. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 75.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2024Freeman's United States
September 2024Sotheby's London United Kingdom
April 2024Heffel Online Canada
September 2021Sotheby's London United Kingdom
June 2018Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
November 2012Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
October 2011Sotheby's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The width of the black lines constituting Fragment 1 decrease as they reach the centre of the canvas, creating the illusion that they are bending away from or towards the viewer, dependent on which point the viewer’s eyes focus on. The strain of focusing one’s eyes on the black and white geometric patterns creates a sense of frustration for the viewer. Non-representational, Riley’s works are analogues of black and white, yet they seem to move without an apparent beginning or end. Overall, Riley’s works represent the height of simplicity, yet they are ingenious in their power to shift and oscillate before one’s eyes.

Leaving post-war austerity behind them in the 1960s, artists felt as if they were embarking upon a brave new world as a period of renewed energy and optimism dawned. Indeed, Fragmentis reminiscent of Aldous Huxley’s literary works, such as The Doors of Perception (1954), in which he chronicles his personal experiments with psychedelic drugs. Working as societal norms were being challenged as people strove from individuality and freedom of expression, Riley’s works reflect the sentiment of the age in which they were created.

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