Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
Untitled
Auction Closed
October 14, 06:49 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500,000 - 3,500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
Cy Twombly
1928 - 2011
Untitled
signed with the artist's initials and dated July 14 81 on the left sheet
oil, wax crayon and pencil on paper
left sheet: 150.5 by 133.5 cm. 59¼ by 52⅞ in.
right sheet: 100 by 70 cm. 39⅜ by 27¾ in.
Executed in 1981-82.
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
Pablo Stähli, Zurich
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne and Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Claude Berri, Paris
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
Private Collection, Germany
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Sternberg, Illinois
Christie’s, New York, 10 November 2004, Lot 21
Gagosian, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013
Nicola Del Roscio, Cy Twombly Drawings, Cat. Rais. Vol. 7 1980-1989, Munich 2016, p. 93, illustrated in colour
Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cy Twombly, Arbeiten auf Papier 1981-82, June – July 1982, n.p., no. 34 and 35, illustrated in color
New York, Hirschl & Adler Modern, Cy Twombly. Paintings and Drawings, 1952-1984, October – November 1984, n.p., no. 31, illustrated
Paris, Artcurial, Méditerranée. Sources et formes du XXème Siècle, May – June 1988
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toward the Future: Contemporary Art in Context, May – July 1990