Lempertz · Lot 72
Untitled (7.18.85)
Pastel
Original catalogue wording
Ohne Titel (7.18.85)
pastel
Auction date : 2024-11-29
Published result : 50400 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 40000
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Sean Scully
Documented citizenships : Ireland · United States
Sean Scully’s paintings are often arranged in overlapping bands or blocks of colour, distributed along horizontal and vertical axes. Their layers strike a balance between calm and vitality. Born in Dublin in 1945, he studied at the Croydon School of Art and then at Newcastle University, where he began experimenting with abstraction.
After receiving fellowships at Harvard University in 1972 and 1975, he settled permanently in New York. Thaddaeus Ropac gallery links his stay in Morocco in 1969 to the broad horizontal bands and deep earthy tones that characterise his mature style.
After further trips to Mexico, Scully began the Wall of Light series in 1998. In recent years, he has also turned to sculpture, creating monumental structures conceived in relation to their site. In 2014, a retrospective was devoted to him at the Shanghai Himalayas Museum and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
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7auction references
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5documented results with prices
Lempertz · Kornfeld · Germann
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Works recorded at auction
Lempertz · Lot 367
Ohne Titel (7.21.86)
Aquarell über Bleistift auf Karton
Auction date : 2024-06-05
Published result : 18900 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 20000
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Lempertz · Lot 35
Aruba
Oil on canvas on wood
Original catalogue wording
Aruba
Öl auf Leinwand auf Holz
Auction date : 2021-06-17
Published result : 387500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 280000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 161
SKYE
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
SKYE
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2020-09-18
Published result : 360000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 300000
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4.22.97
Pastel
Original catalogue wording
4.22.97
pastel
Catalogue period : 2020-09-18
Published result : 85000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 80000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 163
ARUBA
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
ARUBA
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2020-09-18
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 250000
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Germann
Untitled, 1990
Pastel on paper
Original catalogue wording
Untitled, 1990
Pastell auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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