The Ginny Williams Collection: Part II

The Ginny Williams Collection: Part II

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CY TWOMBLY | UNTITLED

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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)