Cy Twombly

Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Boutan, Paris
Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 1986, Lot 186
Private Collection, Florence
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Paris, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Cy Twombly, April - May 1974

Thierry Chabanne, "Une Écriture Pulsionelle," Info Artitudes, June 1976, No. 9, p. 9, illustrated
Yvon Lambert, Ed., Cy Twombly. Catalogue Raisonné des oeuvres sur papier. Volume VI, 1973-1976, Paris 1979, cat. no. 114, p. 118, illustrated   
Nicola Del Roscio, Ed., Cy Twombly Drawings: Cat. Rais. Vol. 6, 1972-1979, Munich 2016, cat. no. 122, p. 113, illustrated in color 

This work is in good condition overall. The edges of the sheet are deckled. There are artist’s pinholes in the top two corners. There is evidence of discoloration to the sheet and evidence of wear and handling with some minor indentations and crease most notably at the upper left corner. There is evidence of conservation throughout, including tear repairs, with a minor spot of Japanese paper visible in the center, reattachment of tapes and some fills with inpainting at a collage element at the upper right. A few of the collaged sheets show light evidence of silverfish damage, with the collaged element at the upper right showing the most area of restoration, including minor paper fills and light retouching to the sheet, and two small holes to the sheet that were not repaired. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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"His courage in performing looser, more disarrayed traces, is especially apparent in the works on paper, where the dog-eared, the torn-away, the dimpled, crumpled, chewed-up, and grubby are all enthusiastically welcomed into the creative process.”
Simon Schama, "Cy Twombly" in Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper, 2005, pp. 16-17