The Ginny Williams Collection: Part II
The Ginny Williams Collection: Part II
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CY TWOMBLY | UNTITLED
Lot Closed
July 16, 04:22 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
CY TWOMBLY
1928 - 2011
UNTITLED
signed and dated MCMXXXXXX
graphite on paper
Sheet: 12 by 14¼ in. (30.5 by 36.2 cm.)
Framed: 22 by 24½ in. (55.9 by 62.2 cm.)
Executed in 1960, this work is a unique proof for the artist's solo exhibition at Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome in April 1960.
Galleria Martano, Turin
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1980)
Sotheby's London, 30 June, 1994, Lot 199
Private Collection, Florida (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's New York, 9 March 2011, Lot 35
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo di Arte Contemporanea, Disegni Contemporanei di un Collezionistra Privato, 1990
“I have always thought 'Twombly' ought to be (if it isn’t already) a verb, as in twombly: (vt): to hover thoughtfully over a surface, tracing glyphs and graphs of mischievous suggestiveness, periodically touching down amidst discharges of passionate intensity. Or then again, perhaps a noun, as in twombly (n.): A line with a mind of its own.”
(Simon Schama in Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper, Exh. Cat., Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 2005, p. 15)