Durango I / Sean Scully
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.54
- Title
- Durango I
- Artist
- Sean Scully
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- active b. 1945
- Medium and Support
- spitbite aquatint on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1991
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herbert Barrows
- Style/Group/Movement
- abstract
- Dimensions
- 49.7 cm x 54.6 cm (19 9/16 in. x 21 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- Rectangles of offwhite and blue-grey, of various sizes, arranged on a grid.
- Subject Matter
- Work in the style of geometric abstraction and color field. Scully's highly formal gridded work explores the interplay of shape and color. His work both compositional energy and balance of gridded order.
- Primary Keywords
- aquatints
- color-field
- geometric abstraction
- grids (patterns)
- minimal
- rectangles
- spit biting
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- biting techniques
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- design elements
- etchings
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- geometric patterns
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio prints
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing surface preparation techniques
- printing techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- quadrilaterals
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1348 x 1614
- File Size
- 290 KB
- Record
- 2002/2.54
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.54/2002_2.54.jpg
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"Durango I; Sean Scully." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.54/2002_2.54.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
