Bridget Riley

British · b. 1931 · Painter, Printmaker

Bridget Louise Riley is an English painter known for her op art paintings. She lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France. (Wikipedia)

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197lots offered2003–2026years recorded94%sold (180)$10.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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RillPhillips · Jun 2017£1,445,000≈ $1,874,310≈ €1,642,258Sign up to see
GiocosoPhillips · Jun 2019£951,000≈ $1,209,101≈ €1,063,414Sign up to see
Orange PairedPhillips · Jun 2017£821,000≈ $1,064,919≈ €933,076Sign up to see

Bridget Riley’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price

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median $10.1kfree account

High

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Lots sold

180

of 191 offered · 2003–2026

Sell-through

94%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

3 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	6	5	83%	$958kSign up	$1.1MSign up	$1.9MSign up
Oil	4	4	100%	$729kSign up	$719kSign up	$1.2MSign up
Acrylic	2	1	50%	$1.9MSign up	$1.9MSign up	$1.9MSign up
Works on paper	13	11	85%	$64.7kSign up	$69.7kSign up	$100kSign up
Gouache	13	11	85%	$64.7kSign up	$69.7kSign up	$100kSign up
Prints & multiples	166	158	95%	$12.9kSign up	$9kSign up	$105kSign up
Lithograph	1	1	100%	$5kSign up	$5kSign up	$5kSign up
Screenprint	161	154	96%	$13.1kSign up	$9.3kSign up	$105kSign up
Print (other)	4	3	75%	$6.3kSign up	$8kSign up	$10.5kSign up
Photography	2	2	100%	$15.2kSign up	$15.2kSign up	$17.4kSign up
Photograph	2	2	100%	$15.2kSign up	$15.2kSign up	$17.4kSign up
Other	4	4	100%	$7.6kSign up	$3.9kSign up	$20kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	14	12	$9.4kSign up
2025	15	14	$9.4kSign up
2024	22	22	$10.4kSign up
2023	19	18	$19kSign up
2022	11	11	$11.2kSign up
2021	16	15	$13.3kSign up
2020	10	10	$7.9kSign up
2019	21	18	$9kSign up
2018	12	11	$8.1kSign up
2017	17	17	$7.5kSign up
2016	8	8	$7.6kSign up
2015	3	2	$5.7kSign up
2014	5	5	$10.2kSign up
2013	5	4	$11.8kSign up
2012	1	1	$4.8kSign up
2011	4	4	$6.7kSign up
2010	3	3	$21kSign up
2008	1	1	$6.6kSign up
2007	2	2	$8kSign up
2005	1	1	$4kSign up
2003	1	1	$2kSign up