CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
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CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)

Untitled (Rome)

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CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
Untitled (Rome)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Roma 1961 Cy Twombly' (upper centre)
oil and graphite on canvas
31 ½ x 39 3/8in. (80 x 100cm.)
Executed in 1961
Provenance
Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome.
Wolfgang Hahn Collection, Cologne (acquired from the above circa 1964).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1970s.
Literature
A. Pellegrini, New Tendencies in Art, New York 1966 (incorrectly dated '1962'; illustrated, p. 269).
H. Bastian (ed.), Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume II 1961-1965, Munich 1993, no. 32 (illustrated, p. 90).
Exhibited
Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts in Kölner Privatbesitz, 1964, no. 108 (incorrectly dated '1962'; titled 'Untitled'; illustrated, unpaged).
Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus rheinisch-westfälischem Privatbesitz. Malerei - Plastik - Handzeichnung, 1967, p. 86, no. 351 (incorrectly dated '1962'; titled 'Untitled').
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Sammlung Hahn. Zeitgenössische Kunst, 1968, p. 64, no. 140 (incorrectly dated '1962'; titled 'Untitled').

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