Triptychs

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This is Pink Dark Triptych, 2011, oil on linen by Sean Scully, a donation to the Pallant House Gallery Collection and the catalyst for their recent exhibition, Sean Scully: Triptychs. It sounded like a great show, I was looking forward to seeing it, but I wasn’t quick enough and now it’s closed. I was disappointed to miss it so here’s my own compilation of Scully triplets and trinities and trios.

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Red Yellow Triptych, 1998, three watercolours, from the catalogue for Sean Scully: Paintings and Works on Paper at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 2005.

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Red Triptych, 2009, oil on aluminium, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work

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Durango, 1990, oil on linen, Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf. Sean Scully: Body of Light

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Triptych, 1991, spitbite & colour aquatint, Brooke Alexander Gallery. Brooke Alexander Editions

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Cut Ground Coloured Triptych, 2008, oil on aluminium, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work

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Left: The Bather, 1983, oil on canvas, Saatchi Collection; right: Paul, 1984, oil on canvas, The Trustees of the Tate Gallery; from the catalogue for Sean Scully: Paintings & Works on Paper, 1982-88, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1989.

Paul 1984 by Sean Scully born 1945

Paul, 1984, oil on canvas, Tate Collection. Tate: Sean Scully

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Ingleby Gallery preview card. The 2 Group

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Iona, 2004-06, oil on linen, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Artfix Daily

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Iona, 2004-06, oil on linen, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Sean Scully: Body of Work

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Spirit, 1992, oil on canvas and Cor-Ten steel, from the catalogue for Sean Scully at Waddington Galleries, 1992.

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Dark Triptych, 2003, oil on canvas, Private Collection. Art Tattler International

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12 Triptychs #6, 2008, oil on copper, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work

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12 Triptychs, 2008, oil on copper, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work

12 triptychs

Pallant Gallery: Sean Scully discusses his 12 Triptychs.

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Heart of Darkness, 1982, oil on canvas, The Art Institute of Chicago, from the catalogue for Sean Scully: Paintings & Works on Paper, 1982-88, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1989.

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Triptych, 2008, watercolour on paper. ArtSlant

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Triptych, 2012, aquatints on paper, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work

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Marigot, 1997, oil on canvas, Private Collection, from the catalogue for Sean Scully at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, 1999.

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Flannan, 1994, oil on linen, from the catalogue for Sean Scully at Waddington Galleries, 1995.

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Backs Fronts Windows, 1991-93, woodcut, William Shearburn Gallery. artnet

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The soundtrack is Three Is A Magic Number by Bob Dorough.

PS: Then later in the scullery

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Frames of reference

2 thoughts on “Triptychs”

  1. I was lucky enough to see the exhibition just before it finished. The paintings ranged from 1986 until last year. It was one of the most beautiful shows I have seen in a long time. The elegance and balance of every painting, print and drawing shone through. I particularly loved the 12 small paintings on copper. They seemed to move from high impact colour to neutral tones seamlessly like the colours in the landscape throughout the year. I don’t know if I read the series correctly, but they left their mark. Pallant House is a wonderful space, and the curatorship is second to none. I loved the Keith Vaughan exhibition last year, and have made some soft ground etchings as a result of the Gwen John and Celia Paul exhibition which I saw a while ago. It is well worth a visit if you can get down to Chichester, and the bookshop, frankly is to die for. Thank you for the blog entry Chris.

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