Square Light II

1988

Sean Scully

Associated Names
Sean Scully

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1945

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Brian Shure

Printer, American, active late 20th century

The image displays a large rectangular composition divided into sections with a vertical orientation. Dark brushstroke patterns and textured blocks are featured. In the center, an abstract arrangement of shapes is visible: a blue rectangle with red diagonal stripes, flanked by reddish-brown blocks with an uneven, scraped texture. The surrounding dark areas on the sides resemble rough-hewn wood with a charcoal appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color soapground aquatint, aquatint, spitbite aquatint, and crayon resist on Somerset Textured paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 53 x 52.7 cm (20 7/8 x 20 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 86.7 x 77.5 cm (34 1/8 x 30 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.40.411

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Martino 1999, no. 88005

  • Copyright

    © Sean Scully, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1999

  • Martino, Victoria. Sean Scully Prints: Catalogue Raisonné 1968-1999. Vienna, 1999.

Inscriptions

in graphite below plate mark; lower left: OK.TP; lower center: SQUARE LIGHT 2; lower right: Sean Scully 88

Wikidata ID

Q75417240

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