Photo © deVeres — view this lot on deVeres ↗Standing Blue, 1980
Oil · Canvas
deVeres · Nov 25, 2025€140,000 ≈ $161,714 ≈ £123,033Sign up free to see price
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Somebody's Angel
Sean Scully (American, b. 1945) · 2017
£1,014,700 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,312,109≈ €1,111,015
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on aluminium”
- Support
- Other support
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated 'SOMEBODY'S ANGEL Sean Scully 2017' on the reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 215.9 x 190.5 cm (85 x 75 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (UK010620)
- Date
- October 20, 2020
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 21
- Estimate
- £600,000 – £800,000 (≈ $775,860 – $1,034,480) (≈ €656,952 – €875,936)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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