Sean Scully

Wall of Light Frieze

Oil on linen
40 x 60” (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
SSp01 19
Unknown at Auction: “Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Sale”, Christie’s New York, Thursday, May 16, 2013, LOT #518 quietly up for resale through Sotheby’s for unknown private client, “acquired directly from the artist” (Feb 2010)

Exhibitions

"Sean Scully. Wall of Light," Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. October 18, 2001; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico. March 28, 2002. Curated by Michael Auping., 2001

"Sean Scully: Wall of Light," The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, USA. October 22, 2005 – January 8, 2006; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX. February 12 – May 28, 2006; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH. June 24 – September 3, 2006; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. September 25, 2006 – January 14, 2007. Curated by Stephen Phillips., 2005

Literature

Sean Scully: Wall of Light exhibition catalogue published by Rizzoli and The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, 2005. Edited by Stephen Phillips with essays by Stephen Phillips ‘Becoming Sean Scully’ and ‘Toward the Light’, Michael Auping ‘No Longer a Wall’ and Anne Strauss ‘Complements and Antidotes: Works on paper.’ Washington DC, 2005. Page 155. Colorplate Exhibition catalogue: Sean Scully: Wall of Light. Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey, Mexico, Oct. 2001- Jan. 2002. Museum of Modern Art, City of Mexico, Mar. - Jun. 2002.Published by Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey, A.C. Mexico 2001. Texts by Michael Auping ‘No Longer a Wall’. (ENG-SPA) Page 109. (Colorplate) Exhibition catalogue: “Sean Scully. Wall of Light”, Centro de Arte Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 22 – Oct 27, 2002. Text by Ronaldo Brito. English/Portuguese Colorplate 8.