Sale: 534 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 09. 2022 in Munich Lot 173

 

173
Sean Scully
7.21.86, 1986.
Watercolor over pencil
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 68,750 / $ 74,250

(incl. surcharge)
7.21.86. 1986.
Watercolor over pencil.
Top center signed and dated "7.21.86". On firm paper. 22.8 x 30.5 cm (8.9 x 12 in), size of sheet. [CH].

• Scully's intimate watercolors represent an independent work group at eye level with his large-format paintings.
• In this watercolor, Scully takes on the compositional idea of composit stripe formations in various length and width, a concept he also pursued in his paintings from the 1980s .
• Watercolors from the 1980s are part of the collections of, among others, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. and the Albertina in Vienna
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PROVENANCE: Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York (with the gallery label on the reverse).
Galerie Lelong, New York (with the gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1996).




173
Sean Scully
7.21.86, 1986.
Watercolor over pencil
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 68,750 / $ 74,250

(incl. surcharge)