Spirale
1964
Bridget Riley's Spirale from 1964 is a mesmerizing Op Art work rendered in emulsion on board, featuring hundreds of black circles of varying sizes arranged across a stark white ground to produce an almost hypnotic sense of movement and visual vibration. As one of Riley's earliest and most celebrated dot compositions, it exemplifies the precise mathematical approach she pioneered in the early 1960s, making it a foundational piece within the Op Art canon. Collectors seeking works that document the pivotal origins of perceptual abstraction will find this piece to be an exceptional and historically significant acquisition.
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- Emulsion on board
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Victor Vasarely
Hungarian-French · b. 1906
Vasarely was the founding father of Op Art and created precise geometric compositions using repeating dot and circle patterns on flat grounds to generate powerful optical vibration and kinetic illusion, directly paralleling the mathematical rigor and perceptual hypnosis of Spirale.
Julio Le Parc
Argentine · b. 1928
Le Parc systematically arranged geometric forms including circles and dots in strict black and white compositions to produce destabilizing optical movement, sharing Riley's precise perceptual methodology and her commitment to pure visual sensation without representational content.
François Morellet
French · b. 1926
Morellet used strict mathematical systems to generate repeating geometric patterns in monochrome that create visual instability and rhythmic pulsation across flat surfaces, closely mirroring the systematic dot arrangement and optical tension that define Spirale.
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