Mexico La Cina

1983

Sean Scully

Associated Names
Sean Scully

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1945

The image contains a series of vertical rectangular shapes arranged in a row. At the top is a horizontal band of muted colors resembling beige and pink. Each vertical shape resembles pillars or columns, alternating in deep green and vibrant orange, with a smaller section in maroon and red on the right. The composition suggests an urban skyline, with the horizontal band potentially representing a horizon or the top edge of buildings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jane P. Watkins

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.21 × 22.86 cm (11 1/2 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.98.2

  • Copyright

    © Sean Scully, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jane Watkins, Ketchum, ID; gift to NGA, 2010

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across lower edge in graphite: Sean Scully Mexico La Cina 12.83; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 42

Wikidata ID

Q64630667

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