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.
Red Yellow Triptych, 1998, three watercolours, from the catalogue for Sean Scully: Paintings and Works on Paper at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 2005.
Red Triptych, 2009, oil on aluminium, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work
Durango, 1990, oil on linen, Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf. Sean Scully: Body of Light
Triptych, 1991, spitbite & colour aquatint, Brooke Alexander Gallery. Brooke Alexander Editions
Cut Ground Coloured Triptych, 2008, oil on aluminium, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work
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, oil on canvas, Tate Collection. Tate: Sean Scully
Ingleby Gallery preview card. The 2 Group
Iona, 2004-06, oil on linen, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Artfix Daily
Iona, 2004-06, oil on linen, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Sean Scully: Body of Work
Spirit, 1992, oil on canvas and Cor-Ten steel, from the catalogue for Sean Scully at Waddington Galleries, 1992.
Dark Triptych, 2003, oil on canvas, Private Collection. Art Tattler International
12 Triptychs #6, 2008, oil on copper, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work
12 Triptychs, 2008, oil on copper, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work
Pallant Gallery: Sean Scully discusses his 12 Triptychs.
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.
Triptych, 2008, watercolour on paper. ArtSlant
Triptych, 2012, aquatints on paper, Private Collection. Sean Scully: Body of Work
Marigot, 1997, oil on canvas, Private Collection, from the catalogue for Sean Scully at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, 1999.
Flannan, 1994, oil on linen, from the catalogue for Sean Scully at Waddington Galleries, 1995.
Backs Fronts Windows, 1991-93, woodcut, William Shearburn Gallery. artnet
The soundtrack is Three Is A Magic Number by Bob Dorough.
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PS: Then later in the scullery…
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.
Thanks Paul. I’m glad you saw it, and recognised the 12 triptychs as a calendar. 12 x 3 = 36 whose integers add up to 666 but that’s another story.