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Sean Scully: American, born Ireland, 1945

Wall of Light Tara [panel 2]
2000: oil on canvas; overall (one of two panels): 274.64 × 167.64 cm (108 1/8 × 66 in.)
overall installed (both panels): 274.64 × 335.28 cm (108 1/8 × 132 in.)
gross weight (Panel 2): 31.752 kg (70 lb.); Gift of John and Judith Hannan; 2001.69.1.2; Not on View; © Sean Scully, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York

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Inscription

center reverse: WALL OF / LIGHT TARA / Sean / Scully / 2.2000

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. John Hannan, New York; gift 2001 to NGA.

Associated Names

Hannan, John, Mr. and Mrs.
Knoedler & Company, M.

Exhibition History

2001: Sean Scully: Light and Gravity, Knoedler & Company, New York, 2001, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2001: Sean Scully, Wall of Light, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Museo de Arte Moderno ciudad de Mexico, 2001-2002, no. 42, repro. (shown only in Monterrey).

2005: Sean Scully: Wall of Light, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Cincinnati Art Museum; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005-2007, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

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