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Sean Scully (B. 1945)
Lot 144

Sean Scully (B. 1945)

Barcelona Pink Wall of Light

Closed14 February 2014

Price Realised

GBP 290,500

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Sean Scully (B. 1945)
Barcelona Pink Wall of Light
signed, titled and dated 'BARCELONA PINK WALL OF LIGHT Sean Scully 04' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
35 x 45in. (89 x 114.2cm.)
Painted in 2004

Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘It is without doubt the Mediterranean light which fascinates Scully and cast a spell on him. [...] The relaxed, luminous, and soft aspects of the Wall of light pictures [...] allow us to sense something of the atmosphere of Barcelona’

(A. Zweite, ‘Abstraction and Authentic Experience: Double strategies in the OEuvre of Sean Scully’, in A. Zweite et al., Sean Scully. Paintings, pastels, watercolors, photographs 1990-2000, Düsseldorf 2001, p. 68).