Sean Scully
American · b. 1945 · Painter, Printmaker
Sean Scully is an Irish-born American-based artist working as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer. His work is held in museum collections worldwide and he has… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Red BarPhillips · $1,760,000≈ £1,370,610≈ €1,600,436Sign up to see
Grey RedPhillips · £1,149,000≈ $1,595,272≈ €1,284,334Sign up to see
Landline Green SeaPhillips · £1,209,000≈ $1,592,737≈ €1,371,158Sign up to see
Sean Scully’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
4 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 42 | 39 | 93% | $750kSign up | $605kSign up | $1.8MSign up |
| Oil | 39 | 36 | 92% | $795kSign up | $627kSign up | $1.8MSign up |
| Acrylic | 3 | 3 | 100% | $212kSign up | $220kSign up | $315kSign up |
| Works on paper | 62 | 53 | 85% | $52.4kSign up | $36.9kSign up | $335kSign up |
| Watercolor | 34 | 30 | 88% | $34.3kSign up | $30.9kSign up | $81kSign up |
| Gouache | 3 | 2 | 67% | $16.2kSign up | $16.2kSign up | $21.2kSign up |
| Pastel | 14 | 13 | 93% | $110kSign up | $93.3kSign up | $335kSign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 1 | 33% | $46kSign up | $46kSign up | $46kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 260 | 236 | 91% | $5.8kSign up | $4.8kSign up | $41.7kSign up |
| Etching | 126 | 115 | 91% | $5kSign up | $4.4kSign up | $23.8kSign up |
| Aquatint | 64 | 61 | 95% | $7.4kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $41.7kSign up |
| Lithograph | 32 | 29 | 91% | $4.8kSign up | $5kSign up | $10.8kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 27 | 20 | 74% | $7.5kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $37.5kSign up |
| Print (other) | 10 | 10 | 100% | $5kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $25kSign up |
| Multiple | 1 | 1 | 100% | $353Sign up | $353Sign up | $353Sign up |
| Photography | 45 | 38 | 84% | $3.1kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $11.3kSign up |
| Photograph | 45 | 38 | 84% | $3.1kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $11.3kSign up |
| Other | 33 | 30 | 91% | $10.2kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $175kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | $4.8kSign up |
| 2025 | 69 | 62 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2024 | 43 | 38 | $6.2kSign up |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | $4.4kSign up |
| 2022 | 29 | 28 | $7.3kSign up |
| 2021 | 27 | 25 | $11kSign up |
| 2020 | 19 | 15 | $4.8kSign up |
| 2019 | 30 | 28 | $4.3kSign up |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | $4.6kSign up |
| 2017 | 14 | 11 | $6.1kSign up |
| 2016 | 28 | 23 | $7.7kSign up |
| 2015 | 19 | 18 | $5.5kSign up |
| 2014 | 16 | 13 | $8.1kSign up |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | $5.7kSign up |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | $3.7kSign up |
| 2011 | 7 | 5 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 | $10.4kSign up |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | $4.6kSign up |
| 2008 | 12 | 6 | $13kSign up |
| 2007 | 11 | 7 | $7.3kSign up |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | $14.3kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $44.5kSign up |