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CY TWOMBLY | Untitled
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description
- Cy Twombly
- Untitled
- signed and dated NY 1965
- pastel, colored pencil and graphite on paper
- 33 7/8 by 26 1/2 in. 86 by 67.4 cm.
Provenance
Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1980
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1980
Literature
Giulio Bolaffi, Ed., Catalogo Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Vol. 16, Turin 1980, p. 288, illustrated
Nicola Del Roscio, Ed., Cy Twombly Drawings, Cat. Rais. Volume 4 1964-1969, Munich 2014, cat. no. 118, p. 73, illustrated in color
Nicola Del Roscio, Ed., Cy Twombly Drawings, Cat. Rais. Volume 4 1964-1969, Munich 2014, cat. no. 118, p. 73, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in good condition overall. Please contact the Contemporary Art Department at 212-606-7254 for a professional condition report prepared by Alan Firsker. 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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
“No contemporary artist has so succeeded in dematerializing, transubstantiating, spiritualizing the content and expressiveness of line, colour, and volume—whether found or imagined—as Cy Twombly has. And this is precisely because the physical plays so great a part in his creative act. Lines of force, acts of force, eruptions of raw psychic energy” Harold Szeeman, Cy Twombly: An Appreciation in Cy Twombly: Paintings—Works on Paper—Sculpture, Whitechapel Gallery, 1987 p. 9