Sean Scully

Wall of Light Red Summer

Oil on linen
40 x 60” (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
SSp03 37
Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Public Collection: Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England (2005)
Purchased with the aid of grants from The Art Fund, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Judith Bailey, Friends, Patrons and Benefactors of the Lakeland Arts Trust and private donations, 2005

Exhibitions

Building with Colour, curated by Helen Baker, Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 2009

Collecting the Past, Present, Future—Highlights of British Art From Turner to Freud, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, England, 2007

"Sean Scully. Paintings and Works on Paper," Abbot Hall Art Gallery at Lakeland Artists Trust, Kendal, UK. March 21 – June 25, 2005., 2005

"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

“Sean Scully: Paintings and Works on Paper,” Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England, 21 March - 25 June 2005 (c), 2005

Literature

Masters of British Art at Abbot Hall: Collecting the Past, Present and Future. 2007 pp 62-63. Exhibition Catalogue: “Sean Scully: Paintings and Works on Paper,” Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England, 21 March - 25 June 2005, colorplate 10 Exhibition announcement card: “Sean Scully: Paintings and Works on Paper,” Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England, 21 March - 25 June 2005 (color illus.) 2005 The Art Fund Review, pp74 Exhibition Catalogue: “Sean Scully: Paintings and Works on Paper,” Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England, 21 March - 25 June 2005, colorplate 21 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 150. Colorplate