Mexico MELAQUE

1983

Sean Scully

Associated Names
Sean Scully

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1945

The image displays an abstract composition of vertical and horizontal lines in bold colors, creating a geometric pattern of rectangles and stripes. The top features green vertical lines, below are yellow and red strips, and there are blue and white horizontal stripes near the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jane P. Watkins

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.2 x 22.9 cm (11 1/2 x 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.137.3

  • Copyright

    © Sean Scully, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jane Watkins, Ketchum, ID; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 193.

Inscriptions

across bottom edge in graphite: Sean Scully Mexico MELAQUE 12.20.83; vertical along lower right in graphite: 36

Wikidata ID

Q64630664

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