• Post-War and Contemporary Afte auction at Christies

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    Post-War and Contemporary Afternoon Session

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    13 November 2013

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    • Sean Scully (b. 1941)
    Lot 547

    Sean Scully (b. 1941)

    11.1.89

    Price realised

    USD 118,750

    Estimate

    USD 70,000 - USD 90,000

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    Sean Scully (b. 1941)
    11.1.89
    signed and dated 'Sean Scully 11.1.89' (lower left)
    pastel on paper
    29 x 41¼ in. (73.6 x 104.7 cm.)
    Drawn in 1989.

    Provenance

    Mary Boone Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

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