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Untitled
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Cy Twombly (b. 1929)
Untitled
signed 'Cy Twombly' (lower centre)
oil, pencil and coloured crayon on canvas
31¼ x 39 3/8in. (79.5 x 100cm.)
Executed in 1961
Untitled
signed 'Cy Twombly' (lower centre)
oil, pencil and coloured crayon on canvas
31¼ x 39 3/8in. (79.5 x 100cm.)
Executed in 1961
Provenance
Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome.
Wittmann Collection, Brussels.
Galerie Zwirner, Cologne.
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston.
Jan Eric von Löwenadler, New York.
Anon. sale; Christie's London, 2 July 1992, lot 51 (sold for £115,500).
Jean Albou conseil, Paris.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Wittmann Collection, Brussels.
Galerie Zwirner, Cologne.
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston.
Jan Eric von Löwenadler, New York.
Anon. sale; Christie's London, 2 July 1992, lot 51 (sold for £115,500).
Jean Albou conseil, Paris.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Literature
H. Richter, Malerei der Sechziger Jahre, Cologne, 1990, pl. 4 (illustrated p. 73).
H. Bastian, Cy Twombly, catalogue raisonné of the paintings, 1961-1965, Berlin 1995, vol.II, no. 30, (illustrated in colour p. 89).
H. Bastian, Cy Twombly, catalogue raisonné of the paintings, 1961-1965, Berlin 1995, vol.II, no. 30, (illustrated in colour p. 89).
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