Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

193 494 Larry Scully SOUTH AFRICAN 1922-2002 Recressent Forces signed and dated 59; signed, dated 1959 and inscribed with the title on the stretcher oil on canvas 75,5 by 122cm R  –   This early abstract by Larry Scully reflects his signature “repeated use of vibrant notes of brilliant red in conjunction with the icy intensity of polar blue”1 evident in a variety of his paintings. This work was painted after the completion of his BA Fine Arts degree at Wits in 1951 and before the completion of his MA degree on Battiss at the Pretoria University in 1963.2 1 Esme Berman. (1970) Art and Artists of South Africa , Cape Town: Balkema. Pages 266 and 267. 2 Ibid.