Enter Yellow is the title of this 1999 work by Sean Scully (click on image to enlarge)
Small Grey Wall by Scullly dates from 2002. (click on image to enlarge)
Enter Yellow by the Irish artist Sean Scully made a hammer price of £409,250 at Sotheby’s Contemporary art evening auction in London on February 15. It had been estimated at £300,000-500,000.
The following day Scully, who draws inspiration from the low stone walls of the west of Ireland, had another work at Sotheby’s day sale. His work entitled Small Grey Wall, signed and dated 2002, made a hammer price with buyer’s premium of £289,250. It had been estimated at £200,000-300,000.