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Firebird Signed Print

Firebird

Bridget Riley

Firebird
Signed Print

Name: Firebird
Brand: Bridget Riley
Rating: 4.9 (219 reviews)

Bridget Riley

£35,000-£50,000

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$70,000-$100,000 Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥320,000-¥450,000 Value Indicator

€40,000-€60,000 Value Indicator

$340,000-$490,000 Value Indicator

¥6,660,000-¥9,520,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

53% 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: 1971

Size: H 69cm x W 97cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Bridget Riley's Firebird, a signed screenprint from 1971, is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 48%. This work has an impressive auction history, having been sold 14 times since its initial sale on 21st October 2004. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £26,000 across 2 sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £9,425 in September 2019 to £42,000 in March 2021. The average annual growth rate for this artwork is 48%. The edition size of Firebird is limited to 75.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Artwork
December 2023	Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom	Firebird - Signed Print
October 2023	Cheffins - United Kingdom	Firebird - Signed Print
October 2022	Chorley’s - United Kingdom	Firebird - Signed Print
October 2021	Christie's London - United Kingdom	Firebird - Signed Print
March 2021	Sotheby's London - United Kingdom	Firebird - Signed Print
December 2019	Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom	Firebird - Signed Print
September 2019	Christie's London - United Kingdom	Firebird - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

Firebird, like the other works featuring stripes by pioneering British painter Bridget Riley, consists of vertical bands of colour in varying hues. One of the first prints in colour in Riley’s canon, Firebird occupies a significant place in her oeuvre. Displaying vertical, twisting bars of red, green and blue, separated by intervals of white space, in turn generate a powerful and spirited array of imagined colours for the viewer. This signed screen print was released in 1971 in an edition of 75.

Riley has previously suggested these horizontally-striped works should be read from left to right in order to fully appreciate the variations in tone between warmer and cooler hues. Each colour is selected in response to the colour it superposes: “I want to create a colour-form, not coloured forms”, Riley states. By varying the tones of the colours selected for Firebird, a rainbow effect emerges and the colours appear to blend and bleed into each other.

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£28,000-£40,000

$50,000-$80,000 Value Indicator

$50,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

¥250,000-¥360,000 Value Indicator

€35,000-€45,000 Value Indicator

$270,000-$390,000 Value Indicator

¥5,330,000-¥7,610,000 Value Indicator

$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£27,000-£40,000

$50,000-$80,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

¥240,000-¥360,000 Value Indicator

€30,000-€45,000 Value Indicator

$270,000-$390,000 Value Indicator

¥5,140,000-¥7,610,000 Value Indicator

$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£25,000-£40,000

$50,000-$80,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

¥230,000-¥360,000 Value Indicator

€29,000-€45,000 Value Indicator

$250,000-$390,000 Value Indicator

¥4,760,000-¥7,610,000 Value Indicator

$30,000-$50,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£22,000-£35,000

$45,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

$35,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

¥200,000-¥320,000 Value Indicator

€26,000-€40,000 Value Indicator

$220,000-$340,000 Value Indicator

¥4,190,000-¥6,660,000 Value Indicator

$28,000-$45,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£10,000-£14,500

$19,000-$28,000 Value Indicator

$17,000-$25,000 Value Indicator

¥90,000-¥130,000 Value Indicator

€11,500-€17,000 Value Indicator

$100,000-$140,000 Value Indicator

¥1,900,000-¥2,760,000 Value Indicator

$12,500-$18,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£8,500-£13,000

$16,000-$25,000 Value Indicator

$14,500-$22,000 Value Indicator

¥80,000-¥120,000 Value Indicator

€10,000-€15,000 Value Indicator

$80,000-$130,000 Value Indicator

¥1,610,000-¥2,470,000 Value Indicator

$11,000-$17,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£10,000-£15,000

$19,000-$29,000 Value Indicator

$17,000-$26,000 Value Indicator

¥90,000-¥140,000 Value Indicator

€11,500-€18,000 Value Indicator

$100,000-$150,000 Value Indicator

¥1,900,000-¥2,850,000 Value Indicator

$12,500-$19,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£8,000-£12,000

$15,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

$13,500-$20,000 Value Indicator

¥70,000-¥110,000 Value Indicator

€9,500-€14,000 Value Indicator

$80,000-$120,000 Value Indicator

¥1,520,000-¥2,280,000 Value Indicator

$10,000-$15,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£12,500-£19,000

$24,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

$21,000-$30,000 Value Indicator

¥110,000-¥170,000 Value Indicator

€14,500-€22,000 Value Indicator

$120,000-$190,000 Value Indicator

¥2,380,000-¥3,620,000 Value Indicator

$16,000-$24,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£13,000-£20,000

$25,000-$40,000 Value Indicator

$22,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

¥120,000-¥180,000 Value Indicator

€15,000-€23,000 Value Indicator

$130,000-$200,000 Value Indicator

¥2,490,000-¥3,830,000 Value Indicator

$16,000-$25,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£13,000-£19,000

$25,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

$22,000-$30,000 Value Indicator

¥120,000-¥170,000 Value Indicator

€15,000-€22,000 Value Indicator

$130,000-$190,000 Value Indicator

¥2,470,000-¥3,620,000 Value Indicator

$16,000-$24,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£11,000-£16,000

$21,000-$30,000 Value Indicator

$19,000-$27,000 Value Indicator

¥100,000-¥150,000 Value Indicator

€13,000-€19,000 Value Indicator

$110,000-$160,000 Value Indicator

¥2,090,000-¥3,050,000 Value Indicator

$14,000-$20,000 Value Indicator

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Bridget Riley Signed Print

£10,000-£15,000

$19,000-$29,000 Value Indicator

$17,000-$26,000 Value Indicator

¥90,000-¥140,000 Value Indicator

€11,500-€18,000 Value Indicator

$100,000-$150,000 Value Indicator

¥1,900,000-¥2,850,000 Value Indicator

$12,500-$19,000 Value Indicator

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