
Barcelona Noche (Barcelona Night)
A richly layered print by Sean Scully, *Barcelona Noche* employs the deep, velvety tones characteristic of aquatint to evoke the atmospheric darkness of the city at night. Scully's signature language of stacked, interlocking rectangular forms is rendered here through a masterful combination of etching, spitbite, and sugarlift techniques, producing subtle variations in texture and tone across the composition. The resulting work pulses with a quiet intensity, balancing geometric restraint with the warm, sensuous qualities of color and surface that define Scully's printmaking practice.
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint with spitbite and sugarlift in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
January 19, 2017
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