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The Collection of Agnes Gund
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
Untitled
Details
CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011)
Untitled
signed, inscribed and dated ‘Cy Twombly 1961 Roma’ (upper left); signed again, inscribed again and dated again ‘Cy Twombly Roma Oct 1961’ (lower center)
oil, graphite, wax crayon and oil-based house paint on canvas
49 ½ x 57 ¼ in. (125.7 x 145.4 cm.)
Executed in 1961
Untitled
signed, inscribed and dated ‘Cy Twombly 1961 Roma’ (upper left); signed again, inscribed again and dated again ‘Cy Twombly Roma Oct 1961’ (lower center)
oil, graphite, wax crayon and oil-based house paint on canvas
49 ½ x 57 ¼ in. (125.7 x 145.4 cm.)
Executed in 1961
Provenance
Galerie Aujourd’hui, Brussels
Pierre Janlet, Brussels, by 1964
Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, by 1988
Pierre Janlet, Brussels, by 1964
Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, by 1988
Literature
M. de la Motte, “Cy Twombly,” Quadrum, no. 16, 1964, p. 39 (illustrated).
H. Solomon and A. Anderson, Living With Art, New York, 1988, p. 127 (illustrated in situ).
H. Bastian, ed., Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume II 1961-1965, Munich, 1993, pp. 52-53, no. 8 (illustrated).
G. Adam, “Call me Aggie: the legendary collector making a difference,” Financial Times, 7 February 2020, digital.
H. Solomon and A. Anderson, Living With Art, New York, 1988, p. 127 (illustrated in situ).
H. Bastian, ed., Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume II 1961-1965, Munich, 1993, pp. 52-53, no. 8 (illustrated).
G. Adam, “Call me Aggie: the legendary collector making a difference,” Financial Times, 7 February 2020, digital.
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Cy Twombly, December 1965, n.p., no. 15 (illustrated).
Cologne, Museen der Stadt Köln, Westkunst. Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939, May-August 1981, p. 431, no. 538 (illustrated).
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Cy Twombly, September-November 1984, pp. 24-25, no. 7 (illustrated).
New York, Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., Twentieth Century Works of Art, November-December 1985, n.p., no. 11 (illustrated; titled Untitled (Rome)).
New York, Knoedler Gallery, The Collector as Patron in the 20th Century, May-July 2000, p. 52 (titled Untitled (Rome)).
Cleveland Museum of Art, Reopening of Modern and Contemporary Galleries, June 2009-2010.
Cologne, Museen der Stadt Köln, Westkunst. Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939, May-August 1981, p. 431, no. 538 (illustrated).
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Cy Twombly, September-November 1984, pp. 24-25, no. 7 (illustrated).
New York, Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., Twentieth Century Works of Art, November-December 1985, n.p., no. 11 (illustrated; titled Untitled (Rome)).
New York, Knoedler Gallery, The Collector as Patron in the 20th Century, May-July 2000, p. 52 (titled Untitled (Rome)).
Cleveland Museum of Art, Reopening of Modern and Contemporary Galleries, June 2009-2010.
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Rachael White Young
Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale