Sean Scully

Study for Precious

Charcoal on paper
40 x 60” (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
SSd81 8
LOC: NY Studio, New York, NY. Rack 6 Up Print Room (March. 2013).
Private Collection Sean Scully.

Exhibitions

"Sean Scully. Moving or Profound or Necessary or Beautiful, 1974-2015," Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil. April 11 – June 28, 2015. Curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti., 2015

Sean Scully. Works on Paper. ‘Sean Scully. Works on Paper. 1975-1996’ Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munchen (26 Sept - 24 Nov 1996), Museum Folkwang Essen (1 Dec 1996 - 26 Jan 1997), Henie-Onstad Art Center, Hovidokken (Spring 1997), The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (Summer 1997), Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin (Autumn 1997), Milwaukee Art Museum (13 March - 10 May 1998), Denver Art Museum (1 June - 30 September 1998)., 1996

"Sean Scully. Works on Paper 1975-1996," Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. September 26 – November 24, 1996; Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany. December 1, 1996 – January 26, 1997; Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Hövikodden, Norway. March 1997; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK. Summer 1997; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Art, Dublin, Ireland. Autumn 1997., 1996

Literature

Sean Scully. Works on Paper. ‘Sean Scully. Works on Paper. 1975-1996’ Arthur C. Danto ‘Between the Lines: Sean Scully on Paper. Mario-Andreas von Luttichaus <... it="" has="" to="" be="" the="" surface="" and="" way="" is="" painted="">. Michael Semff ‘The dialects of Sameness: Sean Scully Pastels and watercolors’. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munchen, Museum Folkwang Essen, Henie-Onstad Art Center, Hovidokken, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munchen, Germany, 1996. Pag. 53. Ilust. 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 92 (colorplate 63)