Heart of Darkness

1. The artist; sold through David McKee Gallery, New York, to Society for Contemporary American Art, Chciago, 1988; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, William Beadleston Gallery, Sean Scully, Dec. 1, 1982–Jan. 8, 1983, no cat.
• Allentown, Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Sept. 12–Oct. 23, 1988, no cat. no.
• Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Sean Scully, May 4–June 30, 1985, cat. 1; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, July 17–Oct. 13, 1985.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Sean Scully, Dec. 15, 1987–Feb. 7, 1988, no cat. no.
• London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Sean Scully: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1982–88, May 5–June 25, 1989, no cat. no.; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, July 12–Aug. 27; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez del Retiro, Sept. 14–Nov. 12, 1989.
• Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Sean Scully: Twenty Years, 1976–1995, June 14–Sept. 10, 1995, cat. 16; Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Oct. 10, 1995–Jan. 7, 1996; Barcelona, Fundació “la Caixa,” Centre Cultural, Feb. 14–Apr. 7, 1996; Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, May 23–Aug. 24, 1996; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Sept. 21–Dec. 1, 1996 (Washington D.C. and Atlanta only).
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas, June 20–Oct. 10, 2021, no cat. no.; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Apr. 11–July 31, 2022.
• Water Mill, NY, Parrish Art Museum, Sean Scully: The Albee Barn, Montauk, May 11-Sept. 21, 2025, no cat. no., pl. 29.

• William Zimmer, “Heart of Darkness: New Stripe Paintings by and an Interview with Sean Scully,” Arts Magazine 57, 4 (Dec. 1982): 82, 83 (ill.).
• Steven Henry Madoff, “Sean: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1982–88 Scully at William Beadleston,” Art in America 73, 3 (Mar. 1983): 157.
• Thomas Hudspeth, Contemporary Abstract Painting, exh. cat. (Muhelnberg College Center for the Arts, 1983), n.p.
• John Caldwell, David Carrier, and Amy Lighthill, Sean Scully, exh. cat. (Pittsbrugh: Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1985), 5, 18–20, 33.
• Alan G. Artner, “Stripe up the band: Scully show deserves a round of applause,” Chicago Tribune, Jan. 17, 1988, K12 (ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago: Annual Report, 1987–88 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1988), 35, 111 (ill.).
• Neal Benezra, Sean Scully, exh. brochure (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1988), n.p. (color ill.)
• Theodora Green, “Sean Scully” New Art Examiner 15, 7 (Apr. 1988): 53.
• Constance Lewallen, “Sean Scully,” View V, 4 (Fall 1988): 5.
• Ian Bennett, “Sean Scully,” Flash Art, 147 (Summer 1989): 157 (ill.).
• Paul Bonaventura, “Sean Scully: Hay que ligar la abstacción a la vida,” Revista Trimestral del Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 2 (Oct. 1989): 28 (color ill.).
• David Carrier, “Spatial Relations,” Art International 147 (Autumn, 1989): 81.

Wall of Light Temple

Art Institute of Chicago

Sean

Art Institute of Chicago

Kneeling, from Song of Solomon

Art Institute of Chicago

Embrace, from Song of Solomon

Art Institute of Chicago

Man and Woman, from Song of Solomon

Art Institute of Chicago

Shadow Boxing

Art Institute of Chicago

Skyscrapers, from Song of Solomon

Art Institute of Chicago

Men Digging

Art Institute of Chicago

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