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Sean Scully — Wall of Light Red Grey
Sean Scully

Wall of Light Red Grey

A striking example of Sean Scully's iconic "Wall of Light" series, this etching and aquatint employs layered bands of warm red and cool grey tones to evoke the texture and weight of ancient stone walls bathed in shifting light. Scully's masterful use of spitbite and sugarlift techniques creates a rich, tactile surface quality, allowing the colours to bleed and merge with an organic, painterly energy rarely associated with printmaking. The work reflects Scully's enduring fascination with the emotional and spiritual resonance of simple, repeated forms.

Medium
Etching and aquatint with spitbite and sugarlift in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.

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January 19, 2017

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Sean Scully, Wall of Light Red Grey

A striking example of Sean Scully's iconic "Wall of Light" series, this etching and aquatint employs layered bands of warm red and cool grey tones to evoke the texture and weight of ancient stone walls bathed in shifting light. Scully's masterful use of spitbite and sugarlift techniques creates a rich, tactile surface quality, allowing the colours to bleed and merge with an organic, painterly energy rarely associated with printmaking. The work reflects Scully's enduring fascination with the emotional and spiritual resonance of simple, repeated forms.

Medium
Etching and aquatint with spitbite and sugarlift in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Abstract Art, Minimalist Aesthetic, Male Artist, Irish-American Artist, Printmaking, Grid Composition, Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Geometric Abstraction, Etching and Aquatint, Minimalist Aesthetics, Contemporary Art, Warm And Neutral Tones, Established Artist, Warm And Cool Tones, Striped Composition, Minimalism

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