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Cy Twombly
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
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Description
- Cy Twombly
- Untitled
- stamped twice, signed with initials, inscribed Gaeta, dated 6-03 and numbered 7-8
- acrylic, oil and wax crayon on handmade paper
- 39 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. 100 x 60 cm.
- Executed in 2003.
Provenance
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2004
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2004
Exhibited
Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Cy Twombly, June - September 2004, cat. no. 7, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in excellent condition. There is some minor undulation to the handmade paper sheet, consistent with the nature of the medium and the artist's working process. The edges of the sheet are variously hand cut and deckled. The paint surface is in excellent condition, with one extremely fine ½ inch long hairline crack in the thick white paint, that extends in from a deckled edge, and is located 1 ½ inches from the top left corner. Close inspection reveals faint artist's staple holes along the top edge. The sheet is hinged at intervals to ragboard in a white painted wood strip frame 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
“Twombly’s art—and here one finds its morality as well as its extreme historical singularity—desires to take possession of nothing at all. It hovers, floats, and drifts between desire, which is the force that subtly animates the artist’s hand, and the polish of politeness, which is the discreet dismissal of every desire to capture or possess.”
Roland Barthes in Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (and travelling), Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper, 2003, p. 40