8.10.89

1989

Sean Scully

Associated Names
Sean Scully

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1945

The image displays a composition of vertical and horizontal lines forming rectangular sections. Two larger vertical stripes dominate the left and center, with one in gray and the other in black. On the right side, a smaller square is embedded within the central section, featuring alternating horizontal orange and brown stripes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil pastel and watercolor on Saunders wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    overall: 57.2 x 76.5 cm (22 1/2 x 30 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.12.1

  • Copyright

    © Sean Scully, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Boone Gallery, New York; purchased by NGA, 1993 with funds from the Collectors Committee.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 133.

Bibliography

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 133.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Sean Scully 8.10.89

Watermarks

lower right: WATERFORD SERIES

Wikidata ID

Q64630658

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