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Aquatint with sugarlift, spitbite and hard-ground etching. Somerset Textured White 300 gsm paper. Image dimensions: 61 × 46 cm. Sheet dimensions: 86 × 71 cm. Initialed, dated, and numbered in pencil.

Liliane 5 stages a dramatic confrontation between warm salmon and deep red in the upper register, split vertically on a black field, and white with dark navy horizontal bands resting on grey below. The contrast between the heated upper panel and the cool restraint beneath generates one of the most emotionally charged pairings in the Liliane series. Scully's aquatint with sugarlift and hard-ground etching on Somerset paper produces surfaces of remarkable tactile presence. From an edition of 40, this 2010 diptych embodies the artist's lifelong investigation of colour as a vessel for deeply felt human experience.

Sean Scully (Ireland, 1945) is a contemporary artist renowned for his abstract paintings characterized by bold stripes and geometric forms. His work bridges Minimalism and Emotional Abstraction, emphasizing color and texture. Scully's art is featured in major institutions like MoMA and Tate Modern, reflecting his significant influence on modern abstraction.

Sean Scully

Liliane 5, 2010

Name: Liliane 5, 2010
SKU: 17150
Price: 5750.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Etching and Aquatint

Etching and AquatintEtching and aquatint are printmaking techniques. In aquatint, the printing plate is etched with a pattern of tiny pits and cracks to create a wide range of tonal gradations. This technique allows artists to replicate the broad, flat tones found in watercolor paintings and ink washes.

Edition

Edition of 40 + 10 AP

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When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise.
- Sean Scully

Widely acclaimed for his abstract oil paintings, Sean Scully is an artist whose works often combine geometric structures with contrasting soft edges and thick uneven surfaces to form alternating panels of coloured squares or stripes – such works as Green Ascending and Rouge perfectly exemplify his trademark style of painting. Although his abstract works appear to have no specific reference, Scully’s previous employment as a typesetter had a great bearing on his later artistic outputs, and of his Land Sea exhibition, Scully noted that his experience of visiting Venice was a major influence as he sought to recreate ‘the movement of the water, how it heaves against the brick and stone of the city’; the artist also noted that his earliest memory of art is of a series of devotional paintings on show at a local Catholic church where he grew up, commenting that they were ‘very geometric, like Russian paintings.’ (Artist website)

Artwork by Roy Lichtenstein

What is late modernism?

Late Modernism refers to the continuation and evolution of Modernist principles in art, architecture, and literature from the mid-20th century into the late 20th century. This movement maintains a focus on form, abstraction, and the rejection of traditional styles, but it often incorporates more complexity and ambiguity compared to early Modernism. Late Modernism explores themes such as alienation, identity, and the fragmentation of reality, reflecting the social and cultural shifts of the post-war period. It is seen in the works of architects like Louis Kahn and artists like Francis Bacon, who pushed the boundaries of Modernism while responding to the changing world around them.

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Sean Scully

Liliane 5, 2010

86 x 71 cm

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