LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil based house paint and wax crayon on canvas

Measurements:

61.22 in. (155.50 cm.) (height) by 74.80 in. (190.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Cy Twombly 1970' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Kunsthalle Bern and Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Cy Twombly: Bilder 1953-1972, April-August 1973, n.p., no. 27 (illustrated).American Academy in Rome, L’Arte Americana nelle Collezioni Private Italiane, May-June 1994, p. 107, no. 19 (illustrated).

Literature:

M. de la Motte, "Cy Twombly," KUNSTFORUM International, February 1973, p. 118 (illustrated).N.N., "Kapitulationsurkunden," Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 May 1973, p. 31 (illustrated upside down). H. Bastian, ed., Cy Twombly: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume III 1966-1971, Munich, 1994, pp. 236-237, cat. no. 113 (illustrated in color). I. Rowland, “The Art/L’Arte,” Villa Taverna, 2012, pp. 108 and 120 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner