Untitled
1965
gouache
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1965 gouache by Bridget Riley, depicting Stripe, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see black-and-white stripes bending across graph paper, like waves frozen mid-ripple. Riley drew this as a small study—just pencil and gouache on office paper—before scaling it up into a huge, dizzying canvas. The lines look simple, but their curves trick your eyes into seeing movement where there is none. To see how she turned these sketches into full-room optical illusions, look up more works by Bridget Riley.
Bridget Louise Riley (born 24 April 1931) is an English painter known for her op art paintings. She lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France.
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