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Sean Scully Portrait Photography

American, b. 1945
Born 1945, Dublin, Ireland; lives in New York City Born in Ireland in 1945, Sean Scully was raised and educated in London. In 1975, he moved to New York where he was immediately influenced by the geometric and color field painters working in that city: Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, and, especially, Mark Rothko. Abandoning the figurative work he was pursuing at the time, Scully began working with the deliberately reduced set of motifs that have occupied him for the last twenty years. Scully gathers his motifs from everyday experience; he looks at doors, windows, road maps, and uses photography “as a means of defining the parameters of his own visual world.” He does not depict the world but finds in the world visual experiences that correspond to his artistic mission. Specifically, Scully seeks to portray the richness of life through the relationships between the colors of his characteristically dark and understated palette. The reduction of formal elements to stripes and squares allows the color relationships to be of utmost importance. In the indefinite transition zones between colors, Scully exposes the “mystery of ambivalence and uncertainty” that permeates the human experience. Sean Scully is one of the most important contemporary artists working today, and his work can be seen in museums around the world including the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Artist: Sean Scully
Sean Scully with Stone Light, Photograph (Hand Signed by Sean Scully), Framed
Sean Scully with Stone Light, Photograph (Hand Signed by Sean Scully), Framed

Sean Scully with Stone Light, Photograph (Hand Signed by Sean Scully), Framed

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Sean Scully (Hand Signed by Sean Scully) Color photograph on paper, ca. 1993 This marvelous photograph is boldly signed in blue ink by Sean Scully on the front The photographer is no...

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Find a wide variety of authentic Sean Scully portrait photography available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Sean Scully in paper, photographic paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1990s and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Sean Scully portrait photography, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Henry Diltz, Frank Yamrus, and Mark Beard. Sean Scully portrait photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,800 and tops out at $2,800, while the average work can sell for $2,800.