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A Happy Land

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  • A Happy Land

    Oil on linen
    40 x 60” (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
    SSp87 11
    Public Collection: Tate
    Public Collection: The Tate Gallery, London, England

  • Exhibitions

    "Sean Scully," National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. May 9 – September 20, 2015., 2015

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  • Literature

    Poirier, 157, plate 109 Monograph: Carrier, David. “Sean Scully”, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 2004, pg. 20(colorplate) Periodical article: Carrier, David, “Piet Mondrian and Sean Scully. Two Political Artists”, Art Journal, 1991, pg 69 Exhibition catalogue: “Contemporary Art: The Janet Wolfson de Botton Gift”, Tate Gallery, London, England, 1988, p. 15, 54 (colorplate) Periodical review: Feaver, William. “Sean Scully Whitechapel Art Gallery”, ARTnews, Sept 1989, p. 191 (BW reproduction) Exhibition Catalogue: “Sean Scully, Paintings & Works on Paper 1982-88”, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England, 1989, colorplate Exhibition Guide and Interview: Bonaventura, Paul, “Sean Scully, Paintings & Works on Paper 1982-88”, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England, 1989 (BW reproduction) Exhibition card: “Sean Scully”, Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England, Oct 9 – Nov 12, 1987 (Color cover image) Exhibition catalogue: “Sean Scully”, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany, Oct 16 – Nov 25, 1987 and Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England, Oct 9 – Nov 12, 1987 (color illus. 8) Sean Scully: Works from the 1980’s exhibition catalogue published by Czernin Verlag-Vienna, Austria, 2010, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & the George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow, Ireland, Feb 5-Apr 1, 2010 and Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds,England, May 27-Aug. 8, 2010. Edited by Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Leeds with essays by Tanja Pirsig-Marshall ‘I just try to make them be as much as they can be’ Works from the 1908’s, Arthur C. Danto ‘Sean Scully and the Art of Painting’ and Armin Zweite ‘To humanize abstract painting’ Reflections on Sean Scully’s “Stone Light.” Page 72 (colorplate 43) Exhibition catalogue: Sean Scully Paintings, Jun. 7- Jul.13, 1997. Published by Manchester City Art Galleries, 1997. Curated by Tim Wilcox.Texts by Richard Gray ‘Foreword and Acknowledgements’, Mark Glazebrook ‘Sean Scully: Summarising Living and Painting’, Irving Sandler ‘Sean Scully Interview’. Page 22. (Colorplate 5)