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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 16, 2022 | Phillips | New York | 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session | 348 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Green Light | ||
May 16, 2018 | Bonhams | New York | Post-War & Contemporary Art | 19 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Green Light |
paintings
243.8 x 322.6 cm (96 x 127 in)
acrylic on canvas
signed "Sean Scully" on the reverse
Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection (thence by descent from the above)
Bonhams, New York, May 16, 2018, lot 19
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas , June 20, 2021-July 31, 2022, pp. 77, 91 (illustrated, p. 91)
Philip Kennicott, "Abstraction seemed a dust bowl, but Sean Scully made it bloom again," The Washington Post , May 27, 2022, online (illustrated)
Raphy Sarkissian, "Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas ," The Brooklyn Rail , June 2022, online (illustrated)
Rebecca Allan, "Sean Scully's painting takes geometric abstraction into a realm that is both emotional and philosophical," Art and Antiques , 2022, online (illustrated)
signed "Sean Scully" on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
96 x 127 in. (243.8 x 322.6 cm)
Painted in 1972-1973.
This work will be included in the artist's forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dr. Marla Price.
