Sean Scully
Sean Scully's complete set of seven diptych etchings and aquatints with spitbite and sugarlift techniques in color on Somerset paper with full margins. This ambitious printmaking series showcases multiple sophisticated printing techniques.
- Medium
- The complete set of seven diptych etching and aquatints with spitbite and sugarlift in colours, on Somerset paper, with full margins.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
January 25, 2018
Artists in conversation
Robert Motherwell
American · b. 1915
Motherwell created sophisticated intaglio prints including aquatints and etchings with bold abstract compositions built on strong geometric and striped structures that closely parallel Scully's layered color field printmaking approach.
Richard Serra
American · b. 1938
Serra produced large scale aquatint and etching series using spitbite and sugarlift techniques on Somerset paper, generating dense layered tonal fields with a raw physicality that mirrors the materiality and ambition of Scully's diptych print series.
Howard Hodgkin
British · b. 1932
Hodgkin worked extensively in aquatint and etching with vibrant layered color using similar intaglio methods to build richly textured surfaces, creating intimate yet emotionally resonant abstract prints that share Scully's commitment to color and mark within the printmaking medium.
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