Peter Bradley's Elysian Fields II (1975) takes its title from one of antiquity's most potent landscapes: the Elysian Fields of ancient Greek myth, the paradise in the underworld reserved for heroes and the chosen few—a lush, sorrow-free world beyond the reach of ordinary mortality. In naming the work as he did, Bradley signals that the painting is not merely an abstracted landscape but an abstracted mythological one, inviting the viewer to move between the earthly and the transcendent.

The painting bears this ambition with extraordinary restraint. A shimmering ground shifting between silver, gold, and warm atmospheric haze gives way to a quiet central form of soft blue that drifts across the canvas with the ease of a cloud or the memory of water. There is no drama, only stillness: the light appears to emanate from within the surface itself, suggesting a world of gentle, perpetual radiance rather than the sharp contrasts of ordinary vision.

Acquired directly in 1975 and held in the same private collection ever since, Elysian Fields II comes to market with an unbroken provenance that underscores its significance. Bradley is increasingly recognized as a trailblazing figure in American abstraction—a reputation affirmed by the 2023 documentary With Peter Bradley and the 2026 retrospective Peter Bradley and The De Luxe Show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a work of exceptional quietude from a celebrated career.