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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 23, 2017 | Christie's | London | Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale | 13 | $****** - ****** | East Coast Light 2 |
paintings
215.3 x 243.8 cm (84.75 x 96 in)
acrylic on canvas, shaped
signed, inscribed and dated 'Sean Scully 73/ 8' x 7' (on the reverse), signed again and inscribed 'SEAN SCULLY/58 TANNSFELD RD/LONDON SE26/ENGLAND' (on the stretcher)
Purchased by Alex Gregory-Hood possibly at the 1973 exhibition.
London, Rowan Gallery, Sean Scully Recent Paintings, November - December 1973, exhibition not numbered.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gulbenkian Gallery, Critics Choice, 1973, catalogue not traced.
New York, Duffy/Gibbs Gallery, Sean Scully, March 1977, exhibition not traced.
London, Royal Academy, British Painting 1952-1977, September - November 1977, no. 325, incorrectly labelled as 'Hidden Drawing No. 2, 1975'.
London, Juda Rowan Gallery, 25 Years: Three Decades of Contemporary Art: The Seventies, October - November 1985, no. 102.
St Ives, Tate Gallery, The Indiscipline of Painting, October 2011 - January 2012, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to Coventry, Mead Gallery Warwick Arts Centre, January - March 2012.
Koblenz, Ludwig Museum, Sean Scully Figure/Abstract, August - November 2014, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to Rostock, Kunsthalle, March - April 2015; and Cork, Crawford Gallery, June - September 2015.
Exhibition postcard, Sean Scully Recent Paintings, London, Rowan Gallery, 1973, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
W. Feaver, 'Sean Scully', Art International, The Lugano Review, Vol. XVII/9, November 1973, pp. 26-27, 32, 75, illustrated, article not traced.
W. Feaver, 'Critical', Manchester Guardian, December 1973.
A. Warman, Manchester Guardian, December 1973.
Exhibition catalogue, 25 Years: Three Decades of Contemporary Art: The Seventies, London, Juda Rowan Gallery, 1985, n.p., no. 102, illustrated.
J. Higgins, 'Sean Scully and the metamorphosis of the stripe', ARTnews Magazine, November 1985, p. 106, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, British Painting 1952-1977, London, Royal Academy, 1977, p. 109, no. 325, illustrated, incorrectly labelled as 'Hidden Drawing No. 2, 1975'.
M. Poirier, Sean Scully, New York, 1990, n.p, pl. 18.
D. Carrier, Sean Scully, London, 2004, pp. 68, 72, 177, illustrated.
F. Ingleby (ed.), Sean Scully Resistance and Persistence Selected Writings, London, 2006, p. 19, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, The Indiscipline of Painting, St Ives, Tate Gallery, 2011, pp. 106-107, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Sean Scully Figure/Abstract, Koblenz, Ludwig Museum, 2014, p. 93, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
signed, inscribed and dated 'Sean Scully 73/ 8' x 7' (on the reverse), signed again and inscribed 'SEAN SCULLY/58 TANNSFELD RD/LONDON SE26/ENGLAND' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas, shaped
84¾ x 96 in. (215.3 x 243.8 cm.)
