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Room [working proof 15]

1988

Sean Scully

Associated Names

Sean Scully

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1945

Brian Shure

Printer, American, active late 20th century

The image contains rectangular and square shapes with thick black lines forming a grid pattern on a dark brown background. The composition resembles a chessboard or a patchwork quilt. The intersecting shapes suggest structures like buildings or doors, conveying a sense of order and division.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint, aquatint, soapground aquatint, spitbite aquatint, crayon resist on Somerset paper (WP 15 – square fragment, brown aquatint, black spit bite, drypoint) [working proof 15]
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

46 x 38 in.
Accession Number

2024.132.609
Catalogue Raisonné

[working proof 15]

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