Art from the British Airways Collection

This summer, Sotheby’s is delighted to present a group exceptional works from the British Airways Collection. Across seventeen paintings, prints and works on paper, the collection showcases some of the very best talent to emerge from Britain in the second half of the last century including: Bridget Riley, Damien Hirst, Marc Quinn and Peter Doig.

The collection is led by the pioneering British female artist, Bridget Riley. Cool Edge from 1982 is one of the finest examples of the artist’s stripe paintings from the 1980s and will be a highlight of Sotheby’s London cross-category Evening Sale, Rembrandt to Richter, on July 28th. A further seven works by Riley will offered in the Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale (20-30 July). Other highlights include two important paintings by Terry Frost and a marvelous gouache by Patrick Heron – two of the most significant British painters of the post-War era, inspired by the light and colour of Cornwall, where both of them made their homes.