Sean Scully

Wall of Light Tara

Oil on linen
40 x 60” (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
SSp00 09
National Gallery of Art
Public Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Exhibitions

“Sean Scully: Light and Gravity”, Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, March 8 - April 28, 2001 (c), 2001

"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

Lecture announcement card: “Sean Scully. Persistance and Style”, Elson Lecture, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Mar 8, 2007 (color illus.) Monograph: Carrier, David. “Sean Scully”, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 2004, pg. 196, 197 (color illus.) Periodical review: Wei, Lily. “Sean Scully at Knoedler and Galerie Lelong”, Art in America, Feb 2002, p. 125 (color illus.) 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 88. Colorplate Monograph: “Sean Scully”, Editions Cercle d’Art, Paris, France, 2006. Edited by Philippe Monsel. French. Colorplate 42. 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 117. (Colorplate) Sean Scully: Light and Gravity exhibition Mar.8 - Apr.28, 2001. Catalogue published by Knoedler & Company, New York, 2001. Essay by Arthur C. Danto ‘Painting Earns Its Stripes’ reprinted with permission from The Nation, Feb. 21, 2000. Page 19. (Colorplate)