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Cy Twombly (1928-2011)
Untitled
signed, inscribed and dated 'Cy Twombly NY 1965' (lower right)
graphite, wax crayon and colored pencil on paper
26 5/8 x 33 7/8 in. (67.6 x 86 cm.)
Executed in 1965.
Provenance
Malcolm Goldstein, New York
OK Harris Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1970
Literature
S. Delahanty, "The Alchemy of Mind and Hand," Arts in Virginia, vol. 18, no.1, 1977, p. 24, no. 8 (illustrated).
N. Del Roscio, Cy Twombly Drawings: Cat. Rais. Vol. 4, 1964-1969, New York, 2013, p. 100, no. 116 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art and San Francisco Museum of Art, Cy Twombly: Paintings, Drawings, Constructions 1951-1974, March-June 1975, p. 25 (illustrated).

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