Sale: 550 / Evening Sale, June 07. 2024 in Munich
Lot 124000335
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124000335
Sean Scully
Wall of Light Green Grey, 2008.
Oil on aluminum
Estimate:
€ 400,000 - 600,000
$ 428,000 - 642,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Wall of Light Green Grey. 2008.
Oil on aluminum.
Signed, dated “10.08” and titled, as well as with a typographically inscribed artist's label on the reverse. 152.5 x 152.5 x 5.5 cm (60 x 60 x 2.1 in).
• “Wall of Light” is among the most important and most critically acclaimed series in Scully's oeuvre.
• Chromatic mysteries: Hidden layers of color shimmer through between the color fields, revealing a much brighter palette than the restrained monochrome suggests upon first impression.
• Other works from this series are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
• In 2005, this series was subject of Scully's first comprehensive solo show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which was also shown at the Phillips Collection in Washington, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
PROVENANCE: Walter Storms Galerie, Munich.
Private collection Southern Germany (acqquired from the above in 2009).
Oil on aluminum.
Signed, dated “10.08” and titled, as well as with a typographically inscribed artist's label on the reverse. 152.5 x 152.5 x 5.5 cm (60 x 60 x 2.1 in).
• “Wall of Light” is among the most important and most critically acclaimed series in Scully's oeuvre.
• Chromatic mysteries: Hidden layers of color shimmer through between the color fields, revealing a much brighter palette than the restrained monochrome suggests upon first impression.
• Other works from this series are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
• In 2005, this series was subject of Scully's first comprehensive solo show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which was also shown at the Phillips Collection in Washington, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
PROVENANCE: Walter Storms Galerie, Munich.
Private collection Southern Germany (acqquired from the above in 2009).
124000335
Sean Scully
Wall of Light Green Grey, 2008.
Oil on aluminum
Estimate:
€ 400,000 - 600,000
$ 428,000 - 642,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.