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Sean Scully
American, born Ireland, 1945
White Robe, 1990
Oil on linen
Purchase in honor of Richard A. Denny Jr.,
President of the Board of Directors 1991-94,
with funds from Alfred Austell Thornton
in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and
Albert Edward Thornton, Sr., and Sarah
Miller Venable and William Hoyt Venable,
1992.5 a-b
The signature stripes of Sean Scully's
paintings are endlessly adaptable, neutral
building blocks. He renders them in states
of precarious balance - verticals engage
horizontals, darks wrestle lights.
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