Details
Sean Scully (b. 1945)
Enter Black
titled and dated 'ENTER BLACK 1998' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
96 x 84in (244 x 213.5cm.)
Painted in 1998
Provenance
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 1998.
Literature
Sean Scully, Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Fotografien 1990-2000, exh. cat., Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2001, p. 222, no. 1.
Exhibited
Vienna, BAWAG Foundation, Sean Scully, 1998 (illustrated in colour, p. 17)
Klosterneuburg, Sammlung Essl - Kunst der Gegenwart, Sammlung Essl - the first view, 1999-2000, p. 393 (illustrated in colour, p. 247).
Klosterneuburg, Sammlung Essl - Kunst der Gegenwart, Augenblick, Foto\Kunst, 2002, p. 164 (illustrated in colour, p. 111).
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